"The Pelican Buying Company has been assisting me here at The Kings School for the past 5 years and I have found them to be a thoroughly professional operation at all times throughout."

"My first contact was with Martin Hudson and it was he who guided Kings' through the initial tendering processes, which for me was stress free. I was able to deflect my management time onto various other projects that I had to deal with. Recently I have been working with Neville Tuck and again he is bright, has sharp negotiating skills and nothing is too much trouble. There are regular review meetings and information flows as there should be regarding commodity prices."

"What I think is important for you to know about Pelican is that they actually care about their customer's needs first and foremost and every member of the Pelican staff that we have had the pleasure of dealing with, has acted quickly and professionally."

"Central Billing is another bonus for us as we get a composite monthly statement of all the suppliers we use, which is sent direct to us from Pelican. We still receive delivery notes from each of the suppliers to check against. Plus we get a Cash Back at the end of the year, which is dictated by the turnover of purchases through this system."

"Normally if there is a problem or issue with accounts, we notify Pelican and they deal with it very quickly."

"Please forgive me if my correspondence sounds enthusiastic as I cannot thank Martin Hudson and the Pelican team enough for helping The King's School steer through this financial crises and have helped to save us a substantial amount of money. To put this into prospective, Kings as a private school feeding 850 pupils 3 meals a day, 7 days a week - I have not had to raise my food budget for 3 years and this is due to all the hard work that went into the initial fixed term contracts and continuous negotiations on our behalf, through Pelican."

"I have not had to raise my food budget for 3 years"

Andy Snook - Head of Catering
The King's School