Practical guides on smart fridges, office food provision and the modern workplace amenity stack.
Most UK offices under 500 staff can't justify a canteen and resent paying £14 for delivery. Here's the workplace food infrastructure pattern that actually works in 2026.
Read article →A practical explainer on Compound's workplace food amenity — how the app and fridge work together, how stocking is handled on site, and how staff use it day to day.
Read article →A side-by-side comparison of the three main workplace food models in 2026 — cost, operational burden, employee experience, and the kind of site each one actually fits.
Read article →A realistic breakdown of what running an office canteen actually costs in the UK — staff, food, equipment, subsidy — and the headcount you need before the model stands up.
Read article →Most hybrid-office perks go unused because they assume everyone is in five days a week. Here's what UK employers are spending on in 2026 — and what actually moves attendance and retention.
Read article →Smart fridges and vending machines look similar but solve different problems. Here's how they compare on food quality, cost, employee experience and what each one is genuinely good at.
Read article →Practical, low-overhead ways small UK companies are handling office food in 2026 — from snack budgets to managed fridges — and what to avoid at this size.
Read article →Most business parks can't justify a staffed café — the daily footfall doesn't carry the cost. Here's how landlords and asset managers are solving food access without taking on hospitality risk.
Read article →Tenant expectations have moved on. Here's what high-performing UK business parks are offering in 2026 — and where food provision sits in the modern amenity stack.
Read article →Food access is one of the loudest complaints in tenant exit interviews — and one of the cheapest amenities to put right. Here's how it actually moves leasing outcomes.
Read article →Science parks have the hardest food-access problem in commercial real estate — isolated locations, long hours, shift work. Here's the model that's working for UK research campuses in 2026.
Read article →Wellbeing has become a competitive lever for science parks, not a welfare line. Here's what the leading UK research campuses are doing — and where food access fits.
Read article →Science parks face food-access challenges that ordinary office estates don't. Here's what makes them hard — and how UK research campuses are solving them in 2026.
Read article →Most employers don't measure what it costs when staff leave the building for lunch. The numbers are bigger than people expect — and they translate directly into productivity and attendance.
Read article →Subsidised lunch is one of the most consistent levers UK employers have on hybrid office attendance. Here's why it works, how much to subsidise, and how it's typically delivered in 2026.
Read article →Most food benefits go unused because they assume a 5-day office or a specific lunch ritual. Here's what UK employers are spending on in 2026 — and what staff actually engage with.
Read article →From fully free to no subsidy at all, here's how UK employers are pricing the lunch benefit in 2026 — and the trade-offs that determine which model fits.
Read article →A practical playbook for HR, facilities and workplace teams designing their food strategy in 2026 — covering canteens, smart fridges, delivery and subsidy mechanics.
Read article →Most UK offices in the 100–500 staff band fall in the canteen no-man's-land — too small to justify a chef, too big for a snack shelf. Here's what's actually working in 2026.
Read article →Smart fridges and workplace cafés look like alternatives, but they fit different sites. Here's an honest comparison on cost, experience, attendance and operational burden.
Read article →Workplace teams are being asked to lift experience while holding cost flat. Here's where the leverage actually sits in 2026 — across food, comms, environment and operations.
Read article →Policies don't move attendance for long; amenities do. Here's the practical amenity stack UK employers are using in 2026 to make in-office days worth coming in for.
Read article →Night-shift NHS staff are systematically underserved by hospital food provision. Here's the operational model that works for 24/7 healthcare sites.
Read article →Hospital food provision is one of the hardest operational problems in healthcare. Here's why it's so persistent — and the model that's starting to fix it in UK trusts.
Read article →Hospitals, ambulance hubs and 24/7 care sites can't rely on traditional catering. Here's the operational model now working across UK healthcare for round-the-clock food access.
Read article →Tenant expectations have moved faster than most building fit-outs. Here's how UK landlords are upgrading amenity without major capex — and where workplace food now fits in.
Read article →Workplace food has moved from a hospitality line to part of the modern office amenity stack. Here's why landlords, asset managers and workplace teams are treating it as infrastructure in 2026.
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