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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…
Could chefs make sustainable food sexy?
CELEBRITY CHEFS were recently branded as a “hidden contributing factor to Britain’s obesity epidemic” in a paper published in the Food and Public Health journal. Their recipes contained “excessive amounts of total fat, sugars and salt” which were influencing the…
Top alcohol tips for your customers
THE FIRST in a series of health blog’s by Sodexo’s head of nutrition and dietetics, Wan Mak aims to help you brush up on some interesting statistics around alcohol consumption for the benefit of your customers. …
My viewpoint: Foodservice companies have a lot to answer for
WHEN IT comes to ethics, consumers have lots of questions and foodservice companies have a lot to answer for, says Dan Crossley. “Does it really matter if…
FootprintComment: Consider cost before opening your supply chain
RABOBANK’S JUSTIN SHERRARD says that food companies looking to open up their supply chains to public scrutiny will have to consider the costs. “In the past, transparency has not been a big…
FootprintComment: Paul Williams of the Well Hung Meat Company explains why we need to eat “less but better” meat
THE IDEA of eating less meat has been a difficult one for politicians, businesses and consumers to swallow. But a more sensible debate is emerging and even meat companies are promoting the need to eat “less but better” meat, as…
FootprintComment: Lisa Ackerley, MD at Food Hygiene, provides her take on the new Which? research into food hygiene ratings
A RECENT STUDY in Which? magazine suggested that when it comes to food hygiene we are living in a “postcode lottery”. The publication is pushing for mandatory display of the food hygiene rating in a prominent position. Why? Because outlets…
Food fight: Is there enough GM-free soya for Britain’s poultry farmers
THE AVAILABILITY of GM-free feed for poultry has been shrouded in mystery and contradictory information. Recently, four supermarkets ditched policies that had been in place for over a decade requiring suppliers to feed poultry 100% GM-free soya. Will foodservice companies now…
Footprint comment: Nick Cliffe from Closed Loop Environmental Solutions highlights the opportunities for foodservice to recycle more packaging
WHILE RECYCLING and closing the loop on water and milk bottles is now established in the UK, there is now a huge opportunity to bring this expertise into the foodservice sector. Closed Loop in Australia began by providing a…
Young are hungry for organic
A HIGH-PROFILE report on organic food shows sales are down again, but caterers and kids offer rays of light. This year’s report on the state of the organic sector shows there’s life in the organic market yet. After a…