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  • The cutting edge of cutting emissions

    THE UK has a new research centre to help the food industry use less energy throughout the entire supply chain. The man leading the initiative, Savvas Tassou, explains why it’s a few million quid well spent.        … Read More

  • My Viewpoint: Steve Osborne looks at lab burgers and GM

    IT’S BEEF, but not as we know it. Steve Osborne takes a look at whether the public will see lab burgers in the same light as GM food.                        … Read More

  • Monthly market insight

    CHRISTOPHER CLARE, Prestige Purchasing’s head of insight gives Footprint an update of market analysis for September.    Overview   The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is indicating that the rate of annual inflation has dropped slightly when compared to last month… Read More

  • My viewpoint: Sue Dibb talks about new sustainable diet guidelines

    NEW SUSTAINABLE diet guidelines are welcome but ministers need to make the advice official to help both food businesses and the public make informed choices, says Sue Dibb.   In July the government published a landmark report. But there was… Read More

  • Access all areas

    TWO-THIRDS of foodservice companies believe their supply chains should be open to public scrutiny. However, a third feel their doors should remain closed, according to an exclusive poll carried out at foodservicefootprint.com.                … Read More

  • My Viewpoint: Wan Mak improving children’s diets out of home

    SODEXO’S HEAD of nutrition and dietetics, Wan Mak discusses how we can all play our part in improving children’s diets in the out of home market.                           Go… Read More

  • Monthly market insight: August

    Christopher Clare, Prestige Purchasing’s head of insight gives Footprint a quick walk through guide in the world of food and drink supply markets.   Overview   CPI (Consumer Price Index) is down 0.1% compared to last month (2.9% to 2.8%),… Read More

  • Long term glory of the Glorious Twelfth

    TODAY, THE GLORIOUS TWELFTH, sees the beginning of the game calendar with the start of the grouse shooting season.   Good news for chefs and game-lovers up and down the country. Yet the glory of the 12th of August is… Read More

  • CIWM greets draft Waste Prevention Plan with disappointment

    CIWM HAS expressed a number of concerns about the draft Waste Prevention Plan published today by Defra.   “In terms of its content, CIWM believes that the draft plan fails on two fundamental levels and represents a significant missed opportunity… Read More

  • Monthly market insight

    Christopher Clare, Prestige Purchasing’s head of insight gives Footprint the first in a series of quick walkthrough guides in the world of food and drink supply markets.   Overview CPI (Consumer Price Index) is up 0.2% compared to last month… Read More