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Copy of Food enterprises and the cost of living

How is your enterprise doing and what type of support would help?

Sustain are undertaking this snapshot survey to help assess the impact of the cost of living crisis on local food enterprises and other food organisations in our networks, with a focus on retail enterprises.
 
The survey will take about 15 min to complete and gives you a chance to win two fantastic books:
- Rebugging the Planet, by Vicki Hird
- Slow Dough Real Bread (baking recipes collection), by Chris Young

Your responses will help inform our focus and calls to action for national and local policy makers to help the range of small and medium enterprises that support access to good food during and after this period of rising food and energy prices and uncertainty.
 
The data will be collated in October and published during December.

Thank you for your help.
1.First name
2.Last name
3.Enterprise name (Required.)
4.Your role
5.What area you operate in(Required.)
6.Email(Required.)
7.What kind of food enterprise are you? Tick all those that apply(Required.)
8.Do you adhere to any of the following quality assurance schemes or production values?(Required.)
9.Are you a member of Better Food Traders? (UK-wide network that supports and promotes ethical businesses selling sustainably-grown fruit and veg https://betterfoodtraders.org)(Required.)
10.How is cost of living affecting your operation? Tick one(Required.)
11.What impact is the rising costs of energy and ingredients having on your business? Tick all those that apply now and any you think that may apply in the next 6 months to 1 year.(Required.)
Now
In the next 6 months to 1 year
Increase in price for our customers
Reduced sales/orders
Changes to ingredients/inputs /menus
Changes to opening and closing times
Reduction in number of days operating
Reduction in number of staff
Reduction in number of volunteers
Difficulty recruiting staff and/or volunteers
Reduction in donations or other support to the local community
12.What other challenges are you facing?
13.What difference will the latest measures announced by the Government (e.g. fixing wholesale prices to £211 per MWh for electricity and £75 per MWh for gas for firms, charities and public sector for six months from 1 October) make to your enterprise?(Required.)
14.Are you receiving any emergency support from Government (national or local), funders or other organisations? If you are happy to, please briefly give details of the amount you are receiving, how you access it, and your experience of the process.
15.What other support have you received from local government, other agencies or networks or your community?
16.What other steps have you or are you taking to help overcome the cost of living challenges or has this presented any opportunities for your enterprise?
17.What national measures would make most difference to local food enterprises such as yourself? Tick all those that apply.(Required.)
18.What local measures would make most difference to local food enterprises such as yourself? Tick all those that apply.(Required.)
19.What could Sustain and/or your local food partnership where there is one, do to help local food enterprises at this time? Tick all those that apply.(Required.)
20.Are you already connected to your local food partnership?(Required.)
21.Any further comments about your recent experiences during the cost of living crisis?
22.Are you happy for us to quote you in our report?(Required.)