Foodservice News and Information

SMEs to receive food fraud intelligence
Small food businesses will gain access to intelligence on food fraud as part of a new industry information-sharing initiative. The Food Industry Intelligence Network (fiin) has launched a free-to-access resource hub designed to help small to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify and…
MPs call for more circular thinking
The UK economy stands to get a £25bn boost should the government act on the opportunity to kick-start the circular economy. A cross-party group of MPs and peers said that by using resources more efficiently the UK would also become…
Sustainable farming incentives left largely in tact after spending review
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has had its budget cut by 2.7% in the government’s spending review. This is not as bad as farming and nature groups had feared, however. The statement from the government reads:…
Müller makes price promise to help stabilise organic milk market
Müller has moved to introduce a new payment model in a bid to shore up supply of organic milk. Increased farming costs and fluctuating farmgate milk prices have contributed to organic milk production falling since 2020, with some farmers choosing…
The 2025 Footprint Sustainability Index, in association with Nestlé Professional, is available as a free download.
Drawing on insights generously shared by hospitality and foodservice leaders, consumer polling and wider industry analysis, this year’s Index also explores how AI may be poised to alter the out-of-home dynamic in unexpected ways. Its research found that 53% of UK adults…
Regenerative farms are “more productive” than conventional: study
Regenerative farms are between 24% and 38% more productive than the average European farm, according to a landmark study. The European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) benchmarked 78 regenerating farms in 14 countries, including the UK, covering over 7,000 hectares…
Companies failing to properly police modern slavery
Businesses are relying too heavily on policy over practice in tackling modern slavery within their supply chains, new analysis has found. Ten years after the UK’s landmark Modern Slavery Act came into force, a new benchmark survey from investment manager…
AI deployed to map Europe’s soil health
Scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) to map the health of soils in Europe and model solutions to guard against the worst impacts of climate change. A new ‘EU soil health data cube’ is being described as “a prototype digital-earth-twin”…
Single-use cup charge stalls in Scotland
The introduction of a charge on single-use cups in Scotland has not been included in the 2025-26 programme for government. The 25p charge has been in the pipeline for months and news of a further delay is likely to frustrate…
The surprising victims of sustainability scamming
New research published in the journal Scientific Reports has flagged an unlikely group of greenwashing victims: corporate buyers. “The findings reveal no statistically significant differences in willingness to pay (WTP) for products with greenwashed claims versus those