Out of Home sector news

  • Organic farmland hits 37m hectares

    ORGANIC PRODUCE has had an uneasy time during the recession, but new research shows that 37 million hectares of land are now farmed organically.   Despite a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area farmed… Read More

  • Call for sugary drinks tax

    A TAX ON sugary drinks should be included in the 2013 budget, according to a new report published today. At 20p per litre, this would equate to some £1bn a year, with the money diverted to a ring-fenced “Children’s Future… Read More

  • Call for commitment on legal pork

    BRITISH PIG farmers are challenging caterers, food manufacturers and retailers to make a public commitment that they are not selling illegally-produced meat from farms that are “flouting” new European welfare legislation which outlaws the prolonged confinement of sows in “stalls”.… Read More

  • Cash for reducing Welsh waste

    WELSH HOSPITALITY, tourism, food and drink manufacturing and foodservice businesses are being offered new funding to help them reduce waste.                           WRAP Cymru (the Waste & Resources Action… Read More

  • Tea coalition launched

    BRITS MAY make 165 million cups of tea a day, but the nation’s favourite brew faces a number of challenges to survive. Climate change, water scarcity and competition for land use are all expected to combine to make those 165… Read More

  • Up to us to make UK the greenest ever

    ANNUS HORRIBILIS is how George Monbiot, the environment writer, described 2012 in his first column of 2013. It was, he explained in the Guardian, the year we did our best to abandon the natural world.          … Read More

  • Global campaign to cut “foodprint”

    RESTAURANTS, PUBS and hotels are being encouraged to limit menu choices and introduce flexible portioning as part of a new global campaign to cut food waste.                           Those… Read More

  • Gurnard and mackerel no longer sustainable

    AFTER YEARS of being a popular sustainable choice, mackerel should no longer be appearing so regularly on menus.     The oily fish, which is packed with Omega 3, has been removed from the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) latest Fish… Read More

  • CH&Co commits to more sustainable fish

    WORKPLACE CATERER CH&Co has committed to removing endangered fish from its menus and will promote the use of demonstrably sustainable fish, such as Marine Conservation Society ‘green list’ fish and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fish. It has also committed… Read More

  • Companies rewarded in first ever Health & Vitality Honours

    LEADING PERSONALITIES from the foodservice and hospitality industries, including the likes of Raymond Blanc OBE, LACA’s Anne Bull and Westminster Kingsway’s Gary Hunter, teamed-up with health and nutrition expert Dr Susan Jebb and Sodexo Health Ambassador Matt Dawson MBE to… Read More