Foodservice News and Information

Businesses that fail to pay their employees the national minimum and living wage rates will continue to be publicly named and shamed, the government has confirmed. The current naming scheme will be resumed following a review, however the threshold for…

Over half of the UK’s leading foodservice companies have committed to sourcing chicken produced to higher welfare standards. A report by The Humane League UK found good progress being made in signing up to the European Chicken Commitment, which sets…

Plant-based launches by high street food brands helped almost half a million people go vegan last month, according to the organisers of Veganuary. Hundreds of new vegan products and menu items were launched in January by restaurants, food-to-go chains and…

An overwhelming proportion of parents believe that children should learn about food as part of the school curriculum. Research from HIT Training found strong agreement among 1,000 parents surveyed that the hospitality sector should be given a greater focus in…

Food and drink packaging will now come with a binary “recycle” or “don’t recycle” label. This will replace the current format – “recycled”, “check local recycling” and “not yet recycled” – which was found to be too confusing. Single-use cups…

Leaders of the health agenda in the Out Of Home sector gathered today for the annual Health & Vitality Honours lunch at the In & Out Club in London’s St James’s Square where the 2020 winners were announced.  Headline sponsored by Nestlé Professional, Health…

Compass, Nando’s and Whitbread have all joined the UK Roundtable on Sustainable Soya. The initiative, not to be confused with international Roundtable on Responsible Soya, was first convened in March 2018 to help stimulate sourcing of sustainable soya. However, as…

School caterers have been warned to adapt their lunch menus following an employment tribunal ruling that branded ethical veganism a “philosophical belief”. In the landmark case brought by vegan Jordi Casamitjana, who claims the League Against Cruel Sports unfairly sacked…

UK food waste fell by an average of 7% per person between 2015 and 2018, however experts warned there is much work to do to if the UK is to achieve a 20% reduction in waste by 2025. Data from…

Businesses should prepare for measures in the forthcoming Environment Bill to be tougher than the 2019 version, according to one MP. Addressing this week’s Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) environment seminar, Mark Pawsey, the MP for Rugby and Bulkington, said the…