Foodservice News and Information

  • Red Tractor telling porkies?

    A SERIES OF adverts promoting British pork as “high welfare” have been banned for being misleading.   The adverts, commissioned by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), read: “PORK NOT PORKIES – RED TRACTOR PORK IS HIGH WELFARE PORK”.…

  • Water use must be more efficient

    GLOBAL LEADERS at the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm have called for substantial increases in public and private sector investment to reduce losses of food in the supply chain, enhance water efficiency in agriculture and curb consumer waste.  …

  • Provenance prevails

    THE MAIN priority for consumers when buying meat or poultry is provenance not price.   More than half of consumers (59%) prefer to buy UK-sourced meat and poultry compared to imported meat.   Meanwhile, price is the main consideration for…

  • Demand for cod and haddock too high

    THIS WEEK saw the last day that UK consumers eat home-grown fish.   Annual domestic fish stocks can satisfy demand for about 233 days a year – or until August 21 – according to a new report by the New…

  • New apprenticeship scheme

    CATERING COMPANY Compass UK & Ireland is launching a new apprenticeship scheme for 16-18 year olds.   The Chef’s Academy, as it’s been branded, will offer a minimum of 40 places in its first year.   The two-year programme will…

  • Calorie labelling won’t influence choice

    CONSUMERS WANT to eat healthily when they eat out, but don’t see calorie labelling as something that would influence what they choose.                           New report also shows consumers…

  • Pigs, eggs and poultry get new group

    Pigs, eggs and poultry get new group

    AN ALL PARTY Group for pigs, eggs and poultry has been set up to represent the industries in parliament. The new group, chaired by Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, Neil Parish, will help raise the profile of the many complex…

  • Eco-labels on the brink?

    THE MARKET for eco-labels has been likened to “selling stickers” as it nears saturation point.                           Joint research by IMD, the International Institute for Management Development, and EPFL,…

  • Freedom from information

    FARMING MINISTER Jim Paice has told pubs, restaurants and caterers that they should tell diners which countries their food is from.                               Defra demands action from…

  • ‘Team RT’ performing well

    WITH THE Olympics in full swing, Red Tractor Assured farmers almost two weeks in to their challenge of feeding around 23,900 athletes and team officials, 20,600 broadcasters and press and over 9 million visitors.            …