Food and Drink Applicant Tracking System

Leading Food & Drink brands rely on Eploy

Key Features for Food & Drink sector hiring

Whether you need to master volume recruitment and efficiently hire quality candidates at scale - casual, graduate or temporary opportunities, you’ll find Eploy to be the most adaptable talent acquisition technology that consistently delivers the results you demand.

Volume Recruitment

Mastering High-Volume Recruitment in Food & Drink

Efficient Solutions for Large-Scale Industrial Hiring Needs

Advanced Search & Filtering ► Quickly filter and identify suitable candidates
Automated Email & SMS Marketing ► Boost candidate engagement and response rates
Job Posting and Distribution ► Expand reach to find ideal candidates rapidly
Drag-and-Drop Pipelines ► Simplify management of candidate progression
Unlimited Configurable Hiring Workflows ► Customise processes for diverse roles efficiently

Eploy manages high-volume recruitment in the Food & Drink sector, ensuring a streamlined process to keep up with industry demands.

Hiring Managers

Enhance Recruitment Efficiency with Manager-Led Approaches

Hiring Manager Portal ► Enable direct recruitment involvement by managers
Configurable User Interface ► Adapt the recruitment platform to specific needs
Interview Scheduling ► Coordinate interviews efficiently
Feedback Surveys ► Gather actionable insights for continuous improvement
Real-Time Reporting and Analytics ► Track recruitment performance and make data-driven decisions

Eploy enhances hiring manager involvement, offering tools for direct recruitment contributions, improving decision-making and hire quality.

Seamless Onboarding

Simplify the Transition from Candidate to Valued Team Member

Customisable Onboarding Processes ► Personalise onboarding experiences for new hires
Electronic Signatures ► Expedite the signing of critical documents
Self-service Candidate Portal ► Empower new hires with direct access to resources
Secure Data Collection ► Ensure the protection of sensitive employee data
Compliance Document Management ► Manage legal documents efficiently and compliantly

With Eploy, integrating new hires into the Food & Drink industry is streamlined, ensuring quick, compliant onboarding and contributing to business success.

Ensuring Compliance

Robust Compliance and Legal Adherence in Recruitment

Multi-Level GDPR Consent Management ► Ensure data privacy and regulatory compliance
Data Retention Policies ► Manage candidate data according to legal standards
Audit Trail ► Maintain transparency in recruitment activities
Right-to-Work Checking Integration ► Efficiently verify candidate work eligibility
Compliance Document Management ► Organise and access compliance documents effectively

Eploy guarantees that recruitment within the Food & Drink sector adheres to the highest compliance standards. From GDPR consent management to right-to-work checks, Eploy’s tools provide the assurance needed to navigate the regulatory landscape effectively.

DE&I

Diversity-Driven Recruitment Strategies for a Dynamic Industry

Social Media Integration ► Utilise social networks for broader candidate reach
Employee Referral Programmes ► Leverage internal networks for diverse referrals
Job Boards & Aggregator Integration ► Access a wide range of candidate sources
AI-Powered Candidate Matching ► Match candidates accurately to role requirements
Talent Pools & Skills Library ► Build a reservoir of readily available talent

Eploy's strategies ensure the Food & Drink sector attracts a varied and skilled workforce, essential for innovation and growth.

Case studies

Discover how food & drinks talent acquisition teams achieve their hire purpose with Eploy

At Eploy we've transformed Talent Acquisition at many leading Food & Drink organisations, take a look at some of our recent client success stories and case studies.

Eploy FAQs

Frequently asked questions about how Food & Drink organisations can benefit from an Applicant Tracking System.

An Applicant Tracking System for the Food and Drink sector is a recruitment platform that helps restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, catering companies, and food manufacturers manage job applications, streamline hiring, as well as onboard and secure qualified candidates faster.

Eploy goes beyond the traditional recruitment framework. Our features allow for an agile approach so you can flex and evolve your recruitment process. Whether you need name-blind applications, a multilingual solution, multiple workflows, or specific requirements on your careers site for multiple brands or business functions, we understand it's your recruitment process, so we can do things your way.

An ATS system automates job posting and CV screening, streamlines the process of scheduling interviews, and manages candidate communication. All of this saves time and reduces the time to hire for front-of-house, kitchen, and production roles.

Due to the high volume of applications organisations in the Food and Drink industry often receive, using recruitment software helps manage the volume of candidates. For recruiters, an ATS also helps reduce admin work, speed up onboarding, and ensure compliance with GDPR requirements.

Yes, most ATS platforms integrate with popular scheduling, HR, and payroll tools, making staff onboarding and shift planning seamless. Visit Eploy’s Marketplace to find what software Eploy’s ATS can be integrated with.

ATS features like CV screening, candidate engagement and onboarding can help organisations in the Food and Drink industry reduce employee turnover by improving hiring quality, matching candidates to the right roles and providing a better candidate and onboarding experience to reduce the number of early dropouts. Read this case study from Samworth Brothers.

Yes - and because we know each business is different, our features allow for an agile approach so you can flex and evolve your recruitment process. Whether you need name-blind applications, a multilingual solution, multiple workflows, or specific requirements on your careers site for multiple brands or business functions, we understand it's your recruitment process, so we can do things your way.

Eploy supports a ''name blind'' recruitment process, which allows certain candidate information (name, gender, ethnicity etc.) to be removed from applications during candidate assessment. Ensuring a non-biased recruitment process. Eploy also has award winning recruitment analytics to measure your Diversity and Inclusion programme with real-time, secure data driven dashboards.

Eploy integrates with HMRS, Accounts & Payroll systems as well as leading background screening & checking providers, to name a few!

With the Eploy API, you can connect the tools you use daily to our talent acquisition platform and deliver amazing experiences for everyone involved in the recruitment journey. Eploy's API enables customers and partners to build custom apps and enhancements to Eploy's Talent Acquisition platform.

We have a Partner Marketplace so you can extend your recruitment capability faster and smarter.

We solve the challenges of Food / Drink / FMCG talent acquisition

Recruitment in the Food / Drink / FMCG industry comes with unique challenges. These can be addressed by understanding the most effective candidate sourcing channels for the sector and anticipating potential changes in hiring levels throughout the year. Eploy helps recruiters in the Food / Drink / FMCG industry tackle these challenges and streamline their recruitment processes to achieve the results they need.

What channels does the Facilities Management sector use for sourcing candidates?

The main sourcing channels used by the Facilities / Property Management sector to attract candidates are Website/Careers Sites (100%), followed by Professional Social Networks, such as LinkedIn (67%) and Employee Referrals (67%).

The use of Agencies has slightly reduced since last year, now being used by 67% of recruitment teams in the sector.

Source: 2025 UK Candidate Attraction Report

Which candidate sourcing channels work best in Facilities Management?

When we look at how recruiters in the Facilities / Property Management sector are succeeding with talent attraction, the Sourcing Quadrant provides an overview of the top-performing sourcing channels. Agencies and CV Databases perform the best when it comes to candidate quality. Meanwhile, the use of Talent Pools and Career Websites offers a good balance between quality and quantity.

Other channels, like Events, Job Aggregators, and Specialist Job Boards, underperform in attracting and nurturing candidates.

Source: 2025 UK Candidate Attraction Report

How will levels of hiring in the Facilities Management sector change in the next 12 months?

In the Facilities / Property Management sector, the levels of hiring in the next 12 months are expected to stay the same, according to 56% of respondents, with only 22% expecting an increase. This year's report also showcases that no major changes in recruitment marketing budgets are expected, with 56% of respondents anticipating no change in budgets for recruitment marketing and 44% expecting to see a decrease in budgets, essentially having to deliver more with less.

Measuring and monitoring, in real time, every aspect of your hiring process will become of greater importance. With Eploy you get complete recruitment analytics built in to create customised dashboards.

Facilities / Property Management sector hiring challenges

It seems that the Facilities Management sector is experiencing a similar issue as other sectors - candidate scarcity in the main, followed by limitations related to hybrid/flexible working. Advertised salaries being lower than the market average also features highly, with 56% of respondents citing this as a key challenge.

When sourcing candidates, it's important to have simple, streamlined tools in place that allow for recruitment on the go for all those involved. That's why, with Eploy - as well as getting an award-winning Applicant Tracking System, you get a dedicated hiring manager portal and agency portal that's so easy to use and provides a uniform platform for recruiting.

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Here's what Food & Drinks recruitment teams are saying about Eploy

“We selected a partner that we believed could help us to deliver our next steps in resourcing and have been working with Eploy to build our People Portal Resourcing offering for the Group. Eploy provided a robust sandbox testing environment that enabled us to evaluate and rigorously test everything before going live. The feedback from our hiring managers has been positive, as the Eploy platform is very intuitive and increases the visibility and ownership of their vacancies. The system implementation has embodied our value of ‘Making Things Happen’, and we absolutely ‘Take Pride’ in our recruitment achievements to date.''
Kate PrimeGroup Resourcing Partner
“We now have a solid foundation on which to continually build our recruitment journey to find passionate people to join our family. Already candidates have provided great feedback on the look and feel of the changes we have made.”
Sam FordRecruitment Specialist
“Bidfood’s ways of working are complex, and at every turn, Eploy have made the impossible, possible. With their support, we’ve ended up with a recruitment offering to both our hiring managers and candidates that we didn’t think would be possible.”
Sophie FarnsworthHead of HR Projects
“We had clear timeframes and despite our complex structure were able to deliver this project on time. The robustness of the process and support we received from Eploy gave us the confidence to launch the system for all businesses at the same time. This is the only system that we have installed in the Group as a “Big Bang” launch.''
Kate LeeTalent & Resourcing Manager
''The team at Eploy were with me every step of the way of implementation and explaining how things can be built and what they've got coming up on their roadmap. The customer success team are brilliant and always able to help and provide advice in quick fashion. Simple and intuitive candidate management functionality. Easy to use job distribution. Configurable workflows and communication along with integrated e-sign and meeting scheduling.''
Graham JamesonRecruitment Specialist
''Reflecting on our journey to improve the hiring experience and journey for both candidates and across our business, we’re proud to have delivered a robust and scalable direct hire model, with candidate experience at the heart of how we operate. Supported by Eploy’s recruitment automation, we’ve streamlined decision making and boosted process efficiency. These improvements have not only elevated the quality of hire but also embedded best practice recruitment standards across the organisation, raising capability and confidence at every level.''
Graham JamesonRecruitment Specialist
''Before using Eploy, we were juggling a tired ATS, with no onboarding, hundreds of emails and spreadsheets. It was getting to a point that we were losing candidates and couldn't actually keep up. Eploy has brought everything together into one place. Each stage is fully customised to our needs, and it is a one-stop hub for every recruitment avenue, managers, employees, and fully automates our onboarding.''
Jon Jardin-HallettRecruiter
‘’Eploy allows you to adapt your entire recruitment process to match the unique needs of your organisation, covering everything from job requisitions and candidate screening to interview scheduling and onboarding. You can set up workflows, approval steps, and templates without being restricted by a rigid system. This level of flexibility means the tool adapts to your processes, rather than requiring you to change how you work.’’
Jemma Mastrocristino

UK Candidate Attraction Report 2025: FMCG Spotlight

The UK Candidate Attraction Report 2025: FMCG Spotlight offers an in-depth analysis of the sector sourcing channels, challenges, priorities, and more for planning your candidate attraction strategy with actionable insights.

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“Bidfood’s ways of working are complex, and at every turn, Eploy have made the impossible, possible. With their support, we’ve ended up with a recruitment offering to both our hiring managers and candidates that we didn’t think would be possible.”