Bethan Cowell

NFU Foodservice and Procurement Adviser

I am the Foodservice and Procurement Adviser within the Food Business Unit and have been in the role since May 2020. I work on all aspects of foodservice, which mainly consists of the “out of home” market such as pubs, restaurants, cafés and “food to go”, alongside the public sector which includes education, healthcare, prisons, defence, and care sector food provision.

Due to the number of businesses within the sector, our focus is to elevate the NFU’s presence within the market and to build relationships with specific operators such as McDonalds, KFC, Nando’s, Costa, Burger King, and Mitchell & Butler Group. I also work on industry wide strategies to communicate the NFU’s Out of Home and public sector policy priorities.

I joined the NFU in 2013 as a Graduate Trainee and have held various roles within the NFU, including four years working in NFU Sugar.