Foodservice News and Information
Coca-Cola Enterprises unveils shortlist of crowd-sourced ideas to improve household recycling habits
COCA-COLA ENTERPISES today announces the shortlist of ideas submitted to its recycling challenge in partnership with open innovation platform, OpenIDEO.com, aimed at co-creating solutions to help improve at-home recycling habits. The 11-week challenge, launched in March this year, draws on…
Big rise in UK food poverty sees 20m meals given out in last year
FOOD BANKS and food aid charities gave more than 20 million meals last year to people in the UK who could not afford to feed themselves – a 54 per cent increase on the previous 12 months, according to a…
MSC celebrates World Oceans Day with Seafood Sustainability Awards 2014
TO CELEBRATE World Oceans Day (June 8th) and marking its 15th anniversary, the Marine Stewardship Council has announced a new series of awards for the foodservice sector. The awards recognise the…
Farmers frustrated at drop in beef price
THE DRAMATIC fall in the beef price over the past few months is a major concern for the livestock industry, the NFU reiterated today. Beef farmers are angry that…
Queen’s speech sets out government’s agenda
THE QUEEN’S speech was delivered to parliament yesterday outlining the government proposed legislative programme for the next year including 11 new bills. Some of the most important…
Government introduces statutory code for pub and tenant relationship
THE GOVERNMENT has confirmed in a report published this morning that it will introduce a statutory code to help govern the relationship between pub owning companies and their tenants. The…
School children want to visit farms, new research suggests
THE NFU has said the industry must do all it can to teach youngsters about where their food comes from after 84% of five to eight-year-olds said they would love to visit a farm. …
Charlton House shakes 900kg of salt out of diet – more cuts to come
CATERER COMMITS to new salt targets as it delivers on its first Governmental Public Health Responsibility Deal salt pledge. Charlton House is the first catering company to commit to the…
Waitrose to introduce blemished apples across stores
WAITROSE IS to start selling weather blemished apples from its South African farms following the unexpectedly poor weather which has superficially damaged 70% of farmers’ crops. The move to introduce the “imperfect” produce will help to reduce the huge amount…
