Crew Welfare

Food is at the heart of life on board. Make smarter provisioning part of your crew welfare strategy to support wellbeing and retention while reducing food waste.

Better Food. Healthier Crews. Less Waste.

A more strategic approach to provisioning brings together data, food and crew wellbeing – going beyond simply supplying food to supporting both crew welfare and operational performance. We work with shipowners and ship managers to ensure healthy, high-quality food on board, enabling you to improve crew wellbeing and retention, while reducing food waste.

Four pathways that drive positive change

Build Capabilities

Train on-board cooks in menu planning, considering nutritional value, menu variety, dietary preferences and cultural diversity.

Engage Your Crew

Involve crews in menu planning to improve satisfaction and reduce food waste.

Digitalise Supply Chains

Monitor and predict food consumption to meet crew needs and reduce food waste.

Focus on Quality Sourcing

Prioritise fresh, safe, high-quality produce to support nutrition, crew health and performance.

The result:

Greater crew satisfaction
Improved operational efficiency
Greater cost efficiency

A practical approach to smarter provisioning and better crew wellbeing.

Menus That Support Positive Health within Budget

The nutrition data we collect help our culinary team develop menus that support positive health and wellbeing of your crews.

We work closely with your cooks to balance cost, crew preferences and consistency across your fleet, using data to guide decisions over time.
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Combining a provision budget management plan with healthier menus – for example reducing the frequency of red meat and introducing alternative sources of protein – will help you:

Optimise purchasing efficiency, improve crew health and minimise hidden supply chain costs
Reduce annual spend by up to 12%
12%

potential reduction in annual provisioning spend

Optimised purchasing efficiency

Better planning and budget control

Healthier menu planning

More varied protein sources and balanced menus

Lower hidden supply chain costs

Efficient purchasing and provisioning decisions

Strategic Provisioning and Crew Retention

As providers of meals to over 30,000 crew members every day, we get valuable insights into the role food plays in life on board. Feedback from shipowners and ship managers shows that poor food quality can contribute to crew dissatisfaction, reduced performance and higher crew turnover.

Smarter provisioning, supported by strong culinary and logistics expertise, helps you provide balanced meals, fresher produce and better nutrition to:

  • Improve life on board
  • Lower crew turnover
  • Reduce crew replacement costs
  • Protect operational continuity

Smarter Provisioning. Less Food Waste.

How much food waste could you reduce on board? Through smarter provisioning, we help you cut food waste and lower your vessels’ environmental footprint. Data from across the Garrets fleet shows that Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions per crew per day range from 25-35kg (calculated using the total supply lifecycle method including land-use data).

Make every provision count. Effective provisioning, menu planning and recipe portion management help reduce waste at every stage – from storage and preparation to the plate.

Build Capability

Train on-board cooks in menu planning and sustainability levers that help reduce waste and GHG emissions.

Digitalise Provisioning

Monitor and predict consumption, reducing over-ordering and food waste.

Track Waste

Track waste on board to identify patterns and opportunities for improvement.

Manage Protein

Review protein choices and recipes, particularly red meat, where waste has the highest cost and climate impact.

Report ESG

Integrate to demonstrate tangible climate action.

The result you get

10–15%

less food waste

A reduction in food waste of 10-15% of total provisions purchased

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