Foodservice News and Information

AI powers food redistribution in new pilot
Artificial Intelligence is being used to redistribute 1.5 million surplus meals as part of an Innovate UK project involving Nestlé, the world’s largest food manufacturer, and the charity FareShare. Some 4.6 million tonnes of edible food, equivalent to 10 billion…
Footprint Awards 2025 Winners
Sustainability was the focus last night as the out of home food sector gathered at RIBA in Central London to discover the winners of the 2025 Footprint Awards for sustainability excellence, headline sponsored by Nestlé Professional. Companies large and small…
Pig giant launches welfare review following abuse scandal
Cranswick has launched an independent review into its welfare standards following revelations of pigs being mistreated at one of its farms in Lincolnshire. An undercover investigation by the Animal Justice Project found evidence of what the organisation described as “a…
Online ‘super-spreaders’ fuel nutrition myths
Misinformation shared online by bogus nutrition experts is creating risks to public health, according to new research. Analysis by Rooted Research Collective (RRC), supported by the Freedom Food Alliance (FFA), identified 53 social media so-called ‘super-spreaders’ with a combined
Salmon’s reliance on fish meal unsustainable, say investors
The long-term future of the global farmed salmon industry is at risk from an over-reliance on wild fish stocks for feed, new research has found
Defra reopens sustainable farming incentive – with caveats
Defra has reopened the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2024 scheme to around 3,000 applicants. The decision, announced this week by farming minister Daniel Zeichner, follows the threat of litigation from a group of NFU-backed farmers over the closure of the…
Marston’s deploys renewables with ‘reduced risk’ power agreement
Marston’s is rolling out solar energy across 120 of the group’s community-based pubs thanks to a new approach to financing such projects. The power purchase agreement (PPA) means Marston’s purchases 100% of the renewable energy generated on its roofs rather…
New standard for sustainable small-scale fisheries
Small-scale fishers struggle to make sustainability claims on their products, but a new standard launched this month could help. Following months of trials and testing, the social and environmental standard for small-scale fisheries – aka Community Catch – is an…
Citizen views to feature in food strategy
Members of the public will have their say on the contents of England’s new food strategy as part of the government’s programme of engagement. Defra has asked the Food Foundation and the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) to gather…
Food crime unit gets beefed up powers
The unit responsible for policing food crime in England and Wales has been granted long-awaited new powers of investigation in a boost to its operational capabilities. From May 1st, nearly a decade after the Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime…