Roadchef

We know teams are our most valuable asset and we recognise the important part that each employee plays every single day within Roadchef. We offer a variety of shift patterns and hours to fit around an employee's busy personal life and love to shout about the great work they do through our Everyday Heroes and Employee of the Month initiatives.

We have a variety of training and development opportunities available to all employees to help them learn the ropes and then develop their skills further including some great internal development programmes and Apprenticeship programmes.

We have been awarded the Gold Investors in People award for our people practises and were recognised in February 2022 as one of the Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work for. Each and everyone one of our employees has played their part in these two great achievements and we would like to say a big THANK YOU to all of them.

We work with some of the world’s biggest brands, including McDonald’s, Costa Coffee, LEON, WHSmith, SPAR and Days Inn to name but a few. This makes Roadchef a unique place for you to build your career, as you can move between the different brands that make up the Roadchef family, run a multi-million pound business as a Site Director or work across the various functions in the Roadchef Support Office.

Whether you are looking for a part time job around university or a longer term career we have lots to offer and a variety of career pathways to suit all levels of ambition.

- Our Fastlane development programme has helped over 120 employees take their first step into management.
- Our Leadership Highway programme was shortlisted for an award at the 2019 SOMOs.
- Our new High Potential Programme is supporting our most talented mangers to make the step up to more senior positions.
- We also offer employees a variety of Apprenticeships in hospitality and retail ranging from Level 2 upto Level 5.

With 65% of our manager roles filled through internal promotions you really can build a great career with us.

The benefits
Working with us means a competitive salary with annual performance reviews and excellent benefits. These include free parking, discounts in our motorway service areas, discounts on high street brands, supermarkets and days out via our Hapi app and £1 employee meals whilst on duty.

All of our employees work hard to support our Vision, Mission and Values, these are:

Our Vision

To make Britain's roads a safer and happier place by elevating the mood of every road user.

Our Mission

To 'De-Stress' and 'Delight' Britain's road users. 

Our Values

Caring, Uncomplicated and Positively Obsessive

Our Everyday Hero Scheme allows every employee within the business to recognise a colleague for the great work they do. This could be:

- Everyday Hero £10 Cheque - instant recognition 
- Everyday Hero Individual Award - a certificate and gift to recognise acts that go the extra mile
- Everyday Hero Team Reward - chocolate hampers for the whole team to celebrate a job well done

Each year we recognise our Everyday Heroes in an annual awards ceremony.

At Roadchef we recognise that everyone is different and brings their own unique skills to the team. As a team we are committed to eliminating discrimination and diversity in our workplace.

We encourage all employees to treat colleagues and customers with fairness and respect regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We want all of our employees to be their best every day and we give them the freedom to be themselves and bring their personality into their day to day work. We also recognise that flexibility and work life balance are increasingly more important and have a full suite of employee wellbeing tools and initiatives to support individuals.

Our values of Caring, Uncomplicated and Positively Obsessive support us to build a culture of inclusion and continuous improvement.