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  • Editor’s comment: NFU poll; 100% pointless

    THE NFU has published a poll this morning showing that, wait for it… consumers want more British food in restaurants and supermarkets.   According to the poll, 86% of shoppers are “as likely” or “more likely” to want to buy… Read More

  • FootprintComment: Rich Wolf talks WHOLE WORLD WATER FUND

    NEXT MONTH the WHOLE WORLD Water Fund is launched. The plan is to bring the world’s hospitality businesses together and raise £1bn a year to improve access to safe and clean water for a billion people. Rich Wolf, co-founder of… Read More

  • Expert analysis on mackerel by Paul Cox

    IN RECENT years, mackerel has been celebrated by chefs and conservationists as healthy, cheap, sustainable and locally caught – the way out of our addiction to cod. We took to it with gusto and before we know it the species… Read More

  • Sodexo statement 22nd February

    Statement regarding withdrawal of frozen beef products   To reassure our customers, Sodexo has decided to withdraw all frozen beef products from its UK catering operations with immediate effect.   Sodexo has had a pro-active programme in place to ensure… Read More

  • Latest statements – February 15th, 2013

    LATEST STATEMENTS as of 15th of February, 2013   Compass statement – February 15th, 2013   It was recently reported that Rangeland Foods had discovered horse DNA in a raw ingredient labelled as beef at its manufacturing facility in Co.… Read More

  • Latest statements on horsemeat scandal, as of February 13th

    Note: The Food Standards Agency statement for caterers is available here.   ARAMARK statement:   “We can’t speak for the catering industry and weren’t present at today’s meeting.  From our standpoint, all ARAMARK-authorised suppliers of products containing meat and processed… Read More

  • Editor’s comment: How much contamination is too much?

    IT’S BEEN a tough couple of weeks for the British food industry. First, there was the discovery of horse DNA in burgers supplied by food manufacturer ABP to the likes of Burger King and Tesco. Then pork DNA turned up… Read More

  • My viewpoint

    STARBUCKS MIGHT have got the (unwanted) headlines, but independent coffee shops are very much part of one of the UK’s biggest news stories of 2012. phil howells, who part-owns the Manchester coffee shop Caffeine and Co, says it could be… Read More

  • FootprintComment: A wake up call for traceability and accountability in the supply chain

    THE RUMPUS generated by the ‘horse-burger’ debate is understandable says Amanda Ursell. People have a right to expect to have ingredients in their food, which are listed on the label. When this doesn’t happen, and the ‘extra’ ingredient happens to… Read More

  • FootprintComment: An energy efficiency specification for catering equipment is urgently needed

    The Catering Equipment Suppliers Association is calling on organisations, government offices and industry leaders to work together to push the green agenda.  New chair Nick Oryino explains why.                       LAST… Read More