Foodservice Industry Briefing
Can less meat mean more profit?
Have you heard of World Meat Free Day? Nope. Neither had I. But it was on July 13th. Oh. Cue a flurry of polls showing that people want to eat less meat and demanding more vegetarian options from us then?…
Sulphite preservatives
People have got all sensitive about the chemicals. Are they a problem ingredient or simply an opportunity to push more free-from products? Talk to me about sulphites It was the Romans who inadvertently discovered that sulphites helped make foods last…
Glyphosate, the world’s leading weedkiller
The herbicide plays a key role in modern farming but the EU is under growing pressure to ban it amid claims it causes cancer. What is glyphosate? Glyphosate is the world’s most widely used herbicide (weedkiller), not least because it’s…
Briefing: Food information regulation one year on
Caterers have dealt well with new rules on allergen information – but there’s more work ahead to tackle a serious and growing problem. By Barry Moore. Caterers are doing a decent job … Broadly the contract catering industry is doing…
Tax avoiders have hell to pay
Campaign groups, newspapers, MPs and even the European Commission are on the warpath. Can companies afford to keep dodging the Revenue? In December, Starbucks declared its largest ever UK profit and its biggest tax bill. Three years after the company…
Fishy goings on in foodservice
Mislabelling of supermarket fish has fallen dramatically thanks to regulation, media pressure and industry collaboration. The news is less positive for catering. Mislabelling in supermarkets has been cut to levels that might be expected through human error alone. A team…