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  • Thinking outside the (egg) box

    FOUR OF Britain’s leading chefs are joining forces to launch a new campaign called ‘Think Outside the Box’ to inspire home cooks to get creative and use more eggs.   Annabel Karmel (pictured), Paul Merrett, Jun Tanaka and Sophie Wright… Read More

  • Tesco carbon labels come unstuck

    In 2007 Tesco launched what it called a “revolution in green consumption” which would see all its 70,000 products go through carbon footprint analysis and receive an accompanying carbon label. Five years and 500 labels on, the project has been… Read More

  • Food industry must work together stop ‘illegal eggs’

    THE GOVERNMENT has not been able to reach an agreement with Europe to protect egg producers from illegal eggs potentially entering the UK from next year.   British egg producers have invested £400m converting to enriched cages to comply with… Read More

  • More restaurants hooked on sustainable fish

    THE NUMBER OF BRITISH RESTAURANTS choosing to serve sustainable seafood and dropping fish from overfished stocks has increased dramatically over the last two years.   More than 45% of restaurants improved their rating in the first re-review of British restaurants… Read More

  • Speaker Biog: Jayesh Dodhia – Wealmoor

    Jayesh has worked for over 20 years at Wealmoor specializing in marketing Exotic and Speciality Fruit and Vegetables sourced from around the world as well as UK.  He has had numerous roles including logistics, distribution, trading and more laterally, heading… Read More

  • Speaker Biog: Lee Woodger – NFU

    Lee Woodger began working for the National Farmers’ Union in 2005 initially as a member of the Communications Team and was appointed to the position of Head of Food Chain Unit in 2008. The primary role of the team is… Read More

  • SRA’s campaign on track

    Forget the iPhone 4, ‘doggie boxes’ are the most popular innovation if you’re in foodservice. The specially-designed boxes are part of the ‘Too good to waste campaign’ (http://www.toogood-towaste.co.uk/), which is helping restaurants cut waste by allowing customers to take leftovers… Read More

  • Forum Speaker Biog: Richard Reed – Innocent Drinks

    Richard Reed is the co-founder of innocent, the No.1 smoothie brand in Europe. The business was started in May 1999 by Richard and two friends and has grown in just over 12 years to a turnover of over £100m.   Innocent now… Read More

  • Forum Speaker Biog: Mark Line

    Mark Line is executive chairman of the leading international corporate sustainability agency, Two Tomorrows. With over 25 years’ industry experience, Mark is widely recognised as an expert in sustainability strategy, reporting, assurance processes, learning reviews and environmental management. His work with… Read More

  • Climategate debate is moved on!

    The Berkeley Earth Project, a US based scientific group has concluded that the Earth’s surfice really is getting warmer.   The Berkeley Earth Project says it has also found evidence that changing sea temperatures in the north Atlantic may be… Read More