Who, What and Why

"Let's face it…the Web is so anonymous that anyone can pretend
to be anything and get away with it!"…so check this out…

Hello, my name is Robert Bylett. I live in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom with my wife and daughter. Since you don't know me from 'Adam' and nor is my name "Bill Gates" I have to tell you a little about myself so that you can:

• Be confident about what I am offering to you;
• Check me out even more thoroughly, if you like;
• Understand why I am contacting you.

There are lots of links (on this and the next page) for you to check me out completely. You can verify by e-mail the information in this website.

Because let's face it. The Web is so anonymous that anyone can pretend to be anything and get away with it. But you have not come here for vague, hyped-up, non-verifiable claims.

No, if you've clicked to this page, it means that you are interested in Price Detective ®.

But you want some cold, hard proof that I am real, and that we do deliver what we say. Proof that you can double-check for yourself.

So let's get started.

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Background Highlights

I graduated in Hotel and Catering Management and later in business and operations.

My intention was always to develop a career in management, but I decided that this would be best served if I started as a commis chef, so I worked in hotels and restaurants for a few years before moving into what was then seen as the very unglamorous world of "contract catering". With hindsight this was probably the best decision I ever made.

Remember this was at the time before the celebrity TV chef and food hadn't really grabbed the public imagination as it has today and let's be honest, the real attraction was the promise of regular hours and training and development opportunities. These turned out to be second to none.

There is No Substitute For Real Practical Experience

Anyway, my career developed with leading service providers in the food and hotel services industry and I managed businesses with turnover in excess of £30,000,000.00. This gave me wide range of experience in commercial catering, hospitality, fine dining as well as systems with clients, many of who are household names in business, industry, education, and retail sectors.

In 1989, I joined a specialist business as Operations Director and successfully developed a client portfolio, which included fine dining venues and corporate properties. I was then appointed Regional Operations Director for a major UK organization. Whilst in this role, I successfully completed a number of business systems projects; the first assignment of this type resulted in savings of just under £2,000,000.00.

Since then, I have managed a variety of projects, including developing catering policy and outsourcing strategies, tendering of catering and hotels services contracts, development of food service concepts, business improvement programmes, quality assurance and customer service initiatives, Investors in People and ISO9002.

A Step Into The Unknown

I had been consulting albeit for an international food services provider for a few years and, in 1998, I decided it was time to go it alone. Well maybe not quite alone…

I knew the business inside and out and I wanted to share my knowledge and experience with carefully selected clients who would truly benefit from us working together. I know this sounds really cheesy, but it's true and OK, I also wanted to earn a good living from it and have the freedom that really only comes from being your own boss.

Well, that's the "who", now for the what and why.

Well, Intelligent Foodservices is a unique approach that allows us to provide our clients with all the advantages of a small, local and independently owned business with the benefits of substantive resources and infrastructure of a large organization.

So how do we do this…?

… Quite simply by applying our Team Sourcing approach, this guarantees that the right people with the right knowledge, skills and experience will always be available to complete your assignment and will allow a rapid and systemized approach to your project. Sounds great, but isn't it expensive? It could be, but what makes us different is the way we use technology such as Price Detective ® to add real value that allows us to deliver high quality services consistently and at a price people can afford.

But before I go any further, let me clear up one important point, just because you are reading this on our website, please don't think you will never speak or deal with a "real" person; in fact, this couldn't be further from the truth..

…as far as I am concerned, consultancy is a people business, on or off line and I am not changing that!

Our unique approach allows us to deliver on our promise and ensures we can work with you one to one, but at a price that is realistic and affordable, as important this also allows us to give you a better than risk free guarantee. This maybe hard to believe, but it's true.

So whether you are a multi national company or a small owner operated business you will benefit from our services and you can afford them, you have my word on it.

Still a little sceptical?

How do you know if this is all for real, well why don't you see what other people are saying about us?