A Professional Organization with Public Service at Its Core

The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) is the only professional society dedicated to professionals and suppliers in the self-operated healthcare foodservice industry – those facilities who choose to keep their foodservice departments on staff, instead of outsourcing them to third-party contractors.

Self-operated foodservice professionals manage some of the most successful and creative departments in healthcare. We're dedicated to taking care of the guests at our facilities – and taking care of those who take care of them.

Our legacy. Born from the 2009 consolidation of two leading healthcare foodservice associations, AHF is the only association of its kind. AHF represents the "best of the best" of the American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA) and the National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management (HFM) ... two organizations now united in purpose for the betterment of all.

Our tools and resources. Our organization provides education, advocacy, and unique management tools to support our members in their efforts to decrease costs, increase stakeholder satisfaction, and define exemplary operating performance.

Our members. AHF's membership has grown to nearly 2,000 healthcare foodservice professionals and their suppliers in North America and beyond. Our Board of Directors and Industry Advisory Board represent a wide range of facilities and suppliers.

Our buying power. Independent studies indicate self-op facilities represent 80% of food and beverage purchases in the industry – a total healthcare market of approximately $12 billion. Equipment purchases add billions more. And AHF is the only association serving the needs of the decision-makers who oversee this powerful segment.

AHF MEMBER TESTIMONIALS - Listen to what your operator and industry peers are saying about the value of self-op by clicking one of the links below:

Raquel Bulford-Frazier, Chief, Nutrition and Food Services Miami VAHS and West Palm Beach VAMC
Joyce Hagen-Flint, Director, Food & Nutrition Service, Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point
Marie Nelson, Director of Segmented Marketing, Schwan's Home Service, Inc.
Mary Angela Miller, Administrative Director, Ohio State University Medical Center
Pat Moran, Director of Healthcare Business Development, Nestle Professional - Vitality Beverage Solutions
Denisa Cate, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Henry County Medical Center
Rob Geile, Director, Consultant Services & Education, Hobart and Marty Rothschild, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Aladdin Temp-Rite

Click here to join AHF today.

Want to learn more? Click here for general information about joining or supporting AHF, call our headquarters at 888-528-9552 or email info@healthcarefoodservice.org. For media inquiries, contact Trish Dever, AHF's Public Relations Director, at 502-574-9934 or tdever@hqtrs.com.