YFood Link-Up: Industry & Startup

Our famous Link-Up is a day dedicated to building connections to take your business to the next level.

Food Tech startups and scaleups can book in to meet Food & Drink Industry partners and experts through short 1-2-1 meetings hosted online. So if you're looking to create meaningful industry partnerships, seeking out the right companies to pilot something new or want to get some expert input from industry professionals - then this is a day you don't want to miss!

Link-Up Industry Partners

Pizza Pilgrims

Pizza Pilgrims are the purveyors of happiness by serving true Neapolitan pizza. Founded in 2012 and now with 19 sites across the UK and growing. Pizza Pilgrims also launched an industry-leading academy in 2019 that has graduated 86 management roles to date.

Pizza Pilgrims are looking to meet Food Tech and Food and Drink startups that can add value to their supply chain and ultimately their Pizza, allowing them to create a more sustainable offering, drive efficiency or enhance their customer experience. However, most of all, they are keen to meet like-minded people and businesses that they can work with who will support the development of their brand, pizza and team.

Mitchells & Butler

Since two Midlands families came together to form Mitchells & Butlers in 1898, they’ve grown to become the leading restaurant and pub company in the UK. Mitchells & Butlers have always been pioneers in the pub industry and grew gradually until they were running 7,000 pubs in the 1980s. Now, they serve around 135 million meals a year, as well as some 435 million drinks. Every year, they spend over £1billion across eleven key categories including food, drink, technology and corporate facilities, and driving an innovation agenda is one of the three key strategic priorities. Innovation takes place at all levels of the business from a single product and process development to organisation-wide digital strategy.

As such, Mitchells & Butlers are interested in meeting tech startups with an application in hospitality that either offer opportunities to unlock value by facilitating agile integration with their digital, growth and new channels strategy, or which provide innovative solutions at the product or process level across the hospitality supply chain.

Levy UK & Compass UK & Ireland

Compass Group is the UK’s leading food and support services provider: the people behind the food, hospitality and services that brighten your day, make you smile and put a spring in your step. Operating in some 6,000 + locations across the UK & Ireland, they employ 50,000 talented people bringing delicious food, memorable experiences and vital support services that can transform every day into a great day. All of the little things that make the world of difference and boost the well-being of millions.

Levy UK, the dedicated sports and leisure arm of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is the market leader in the provision of legendary food and drink experiences at some of the UK’s most significant sports stadia, arenas and conference centres and delivers bespoke events through its Payne & Gunter team.

With a company-wide passion for food, Levy implements a guest-first approach and creates menus and food experiences that feature fantastic seasonal dishes, with a strong focus on British ingredients.