Foodservice News and Information

Extreme weather is now the norm for the UK as a result of climate change, according to meteorologists. The Met Office said its latest assessment of the UK’s climate shows how baselines are shifting, records are becoming more frequent, and…

Foodservice operators have joined forces with retailers, processors, wholesalers and farmers to commit to more sustainable production of dairy products. A newly updated Dairy Roadmap is being billed as a first-of-its-kind, cross-industry coalition focused on achieving net-zero, protecting

The UK Government must act to level up funding for free school meals across the four nations of the UK to ensure children are guaranteed access to a nutritious, hot meal. Ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham this week,…

Businesses could save millions of pounds in extended producer responsibility (pEPR) fees by adopting reusable packaging at scale, according to new modelling. Analysis by reuse consultancy GoUnpackaged found that moving to 30% reuse penetration could deliver savings of £136m

Environmental inspectors are to receive more funding to tackle pollution from farms that is driving a decline in water quality. Defra has announced that farm inspections by the Environment Agency will increase by around 50% over the course of this…

Which? is calling for regulators to properly enforce rules on green claims after its research found hundreds of examples of problematic claims including for food products. The consumer organisation used AI software to trawl through more than 20,000 online product…

The Climate Change Committee’s assessment of the Labour Government’s work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions attracted plenty of press this week. “The UK can be proud of our progress in reducing emissions,” said CCC interim chair professor Piers Forster as…