Foodservice News and Information

  • Food companies warned of dodgy packaging EPR invoices 

    Food companies warned of dodgy packaging EPR invoices 

    Food companies are being targeted with fake invoices for new fees due under the extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) regulations. “We are aware that some producers have received fraudulent Notices of Liability (NoL) purporting to be from PackUK,” the… Read More

  • COP serves more plants, and a little beef

    COP serves more plants, and a little beef

    More than half (51.2%) of all meals and snacks available to COP30, the climate talks that have been taking place in Belém, Brazil, this month are vegan or vegetarian. This exceeds the 40% target set by the Extraordinary Secretariat for… Read More

  • Buffet banners fail to reduce food waste

    Buffet banners fail to reduce food waste

    All-you-can-eat buffets generate a substantial amount of food waste at hotels and other venues. But using signs to ask diners to not overfill their plates do not stop the leftovers piling up. A research team led by experts at the… Read More

  • Hospitality demands reversal of “socially regressive” budget

    Hospitality demands reversal of “socially regressive” budget

    A coalition of hospitality sector businesses has urged the Chancellor to reduce the tax burden on the sector in this month’s budget or risk fuelling further job losses and cuts to investment. Businesses including Greene King, IHG Hotels & Resorts,… Read More

  • Starmer doubles down on school food focus

    Starmer doubles down on school food focus

    The Prime Minister has highlighted the role of good school food in tackling diet-related ill health after data showed a significant proportion of school-age children are living with obesity. Sir Keir Starmer hosted a reception at 10 Downing Street this… Read More

  • Healthy baskets come at a premium

    Healthy baskets come at a premium

    Governments are being urged to align food taxes with public health goals after new research found supermarket shoppers are forced to pay a premium for healthy baskets. The non-profit Access to Nutrition initiative (ATNi) compared the cost of healthy and… Read More

  • EMF calls for plastic laggards to step up

    EMF calls for plastic laggards to step up

    Businesses that are failing to act on plastic waste have been urged to step up and help build a circular economy. In the latest update to its Global Commitment 2030, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) called out the 80% of… Read More

  • Hospitality supports push for healthier workplaces

    Hospitality supports push for healthier workplaces

    Businesses including Nando’s, Burger King and Tesco are supporting a new government push to tackle a rising tide of ill health by building healthier, more resilient workplaces. The trio are part of a group of more than 60 early adopters,… Read More

  • Ministers urged to set self-sufficiency goal

    Ministers urged to set self-sufficiency goal

    The UK should aim for 75% self-sufficiency in food production by 2050, according to a group of MPs who have warned that UK agricultural productivity growth has stalled. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture (APPGSTA)… Read More

  • Tax moves can help sustainable diet shift: study

    Tax moves can help sustainable diet shift: study

    Removing VAT from healthy foods and applying taxes to unhealthy, higher carbon ones could “save lives”, according to researchers in Sweden. The changes would also be tax-neutral, the experts at the Chalmers University of Technology said. “Integrated tax reforms […]… Read More