Calling all food businesses
Join the bean revolution - and help get the nation eating more beans
Become a Keen Bean Pledger
Keen Bean Pledgers are for food businesses who really put their money where their mouth is. To be a pledger you must make a sales-based commitment to getting more beans on the menu or in the aisles.
Once you've made your pledge, we’ll track business progress and highlighting leadership of bean innovation in our annual State of the Nation’s Food Industry report.
We would also want to understand what you’re doing to reach your target, and share lessons learnt and best practice with the wider Keen Bean business community, or more widely.
In return we will give you a massive slap on the back, because you’ve gone where only the bravest food businesses have dared to go.
Show your support by promoting the benefits of beans
Not yet ready to make a sales-based commitment but still want a piece of the action?
Then become a Bean Promoter. You'll be showing you support our campaign’s mission to get the nation eating more beans, and you are committed to making beans more available and appealing.
How you go about doing that will depend on what kind of food business you are; It could be about ensuring beans are taken into consideration when planning NPD, or working with any of your own influencers to get more beany recipes out on social media. It’s up to you but if you’re stuck for ideas have a look at the tables in our Commitment Framework.
Get in touch if you want to make a pledge, or just find out more about how your food businesses can support: chloe.mackean@foodfoundation.org.uk
Check out our Keen Bean Community
Lidl GB pledges to increase volume sales for all bean products (including composites) by 50% by 2028
Sainsbury's aim to increase total tonnage for beans by 2028 (pledge not finalised)
M&S pledges to increase volume sales for all ambient bean products by 15% by 2028
Waitrose pledges to increase volume sales for all bean products (including composites) by 25% by 2028
Ocado pledges to boost bean sales (pledge not yet finalised)
Merchant Gourmet pledges to double volume sale for all beans by 2028
Suma pledges to double volume sale for all beans by 2028
Bidfood pledges to increase volume sales for all bean products by 30% by 2028
The Compleat Food Group pledges to a 25% increase in sales of beans in year one
ISS pledges to increase procurement of beans by 25% by 2028
Harvester pledges to increase the volume of procured beans by 15% by 2028
Brindisa pledges to increase category volume sales by 30% by 2028

