Foodservice News and Information
Double digit growth for WSH
WESTBURY STREET HOLDINGS Ltd (WSH) has reported a 14% increase in turnover from 2001-2012, marking a twelfth year of strong growth for the company. The privately owned catering and hospitality company…
Europeans live longer thanks to environmental policies
SUCCESSFUL ENVIRONMENTAL policies have resulted in reduced exposure to harmful environmental contaminants in air, water and food. As a result, Europeans are generally enjoying longer and healthier lives. However, some contaminants are still a problem, and several new health…
Environmental sustainability can help poverty
TAXES, INCENTIVES, regulations, subsidies, trade and public procurement need to be realigned to favour sustainable consumption and production patterns if the world wants to end poverty. That’s according to the UN High Level Panel charged with setting the new…
New nutrition course at River Cottage
COACHES AND athletes from the UK Olympic diving team have joined forces with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage to launch a new course. Held at the restaurant’s chef school, Essential Eating is a one-day, City & Guilds-accredited course focusing on…
Overfishing in decline
THE LATEST figures on fish stocks in EU waters indicate that efforts to phase out overfishing are paying off, said the European Commission. In a consultation document, the Commission reported…
A right Royal rollicking
PRINCE CHARLES has attacked the food industry and the “aggressive search for cheap food”. In a speech at the Langenburg Forum on Regional Food Security in Germany, he said: “The drive to make food cheaper for consumers and to…
McDonald’s opens supply chain to customer
MCDONALD’S HAS had a “phenomenal response” to a new supply chain initiative launched just under a month ago. The fast food chain is looking for a dozen willing customers to become “quality scouts”, who will go behind the scenes…
Benefits for Nespresso suppliers
COFFEE FARMERS who are part of Nespresso’s AAA Sustainable Quality Programme in Colombia have higher income levels, better living conditions and increased farm productivity, a new study suggests. The research, carried out by independent Colombian organisation, CRECE, looked…
New director at Compassion in World Farming
Dr TRACEY JONES has been appointed Director of Food Business at Compassion in World Farming to help the charity reach its target of positively impacting the lives of one billion farm animals by 2017, replacing Steve McIvor who has gone…
