Kathy Bowry
CHR Champion of Sustainability
CHR Equipment roared over the finishing line at the CEDA Grand Prix Awards, taking the laurels for its sustainable kitchen installation. Kathy Bowry reports. Catering equipment distributors are the frontline of fit-for-purpose commercial kitchen design. These guys dont just…
Festival fare
It takes an army of casual workers to make the Glastonbury Festival tick and a special woman in charge to make sure the battalions are fed and watered in a sustainable manner. Footprint finds out how it is done. Glastonbury…
The Potato: the backbone of foodservice
The humble potato is the backbone of the British diet: whether mashed, boiled or chipped we cant get enough of it. Kathy Bowry visited a potato farm in Nottinghamshire and discovered that spuds have to be grown in a sustainable…
Harvest Government Windfalls
Operators upgrading to more sustainable equipment are being showered with Government cash in the form of tax breaks and interest free loans Caterers who want to buy new energy efficient equipment but are watching the pennies in the recession…
Unsustainable Expectations
Footprint puts an equipment distributor and a major manufacturer on the spot to ask whether they think the UK foodservice industry is really prepared to go the sustainable route when new kit is specified. Nick Howe, MD of…
Setting The Green Standard
The state of the art training facility HMS Collingwood is claimed to be the most sustainable catering operation in the UK. VT Flagship Training, under the umbrella of parent company…
Putting in a Little Less Energy
Equipment specifiers, suppliers and installers are all pulling together under the banner of the Catering for a Sustainable Future Group to ensure that low carbon, energy efficient commercial kitchens are in place long before the Governments initial 2020 target. …
