Catering for the social and healthcare sector, rising prices and future scenarios: Claudia Flaim and Armin Boschetto share their point of view

Rising energy prices, food products and future solutions

For Claudia Flaim, Markas' Sales & Marketing Director, the economic situation in the catering for the social and healthcare sector is inevitably linked to rising energy and food prices.  

One of the key issues highlighted by Claudia Flaim, is related to the Code, published in 2016 and for which there is no ISTAT application for tenders valid until the end of January 2022. 
The non-retroactive effect of this law has created a six-year legislative gap that strongly affects tender specifications and the current situation in terms of costs and prices. 

Claudia Flaim, ends by sharing her point of view when it comes to utility costs and catering contracts. Keeping utility costs out of catering contracts could help face this challenging situation for two very specific reasons: firstly, this type of costs do not strictly impact the level of quality of the service provided, and secondly, often the kitchen where the catering provider operates is located within the contractee's facility, and therefore the contractor cannot affect such costs.

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