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  • Work experience for sectors future stars

    STUDENTS ARE being given the chance to gain invaluable work experience thanks to a new initiative launched to celebrate 25 years of the Nestlé Toque d’Or competition.   The Nestlé Toque d’Or “Take One” initiative is designed to encourage entry… Read More

  • Brave new world of reporting

    THE SUSTAINABILITY report is dead. Long live the sustainability factsheet, or interactive website or anything but a dull 40-page document that very few people will read.                     Sustainability reporting has come… Read More

  • Footprint Forum: Sustainability Reporting

    ON WEDNESDAY grandees of the foodservice industry gathered for the last Footprint Forum of 2012 at the Butchers Hall, sponsored by CH&Co, for a frank and open discussion about Sustainability Reporting in our sector.           Tom… Read More

  • Hippocrates: Organisations are what they eat

    AS WE enter the last week for submissions of the inaugural Health & Vitality Honours 2013, Amanda Ursell enlightens us about the importance of creating a platform for excellence.    Napoleon, said to be one of the greatest military commanders… Read More

  • Coffee chains must “pay a bit more” for milk

    THE HEAD of one of the UK’s biggest milk buyers and dairy processors has suggested that the likes of Costa and Starbucks need to pay more for their milk.                      … Read More

  • Fair pricing in foodservice

    CH&Co’s Caroline Fry explains why she supports the idea of a fair price for dairy farmers, but it’s not always easy.   When the recent media interest in the price paid to dairy farmers threw an unflattering spotlight on the… Read More

  • Hard choice to swallow

    POLITICIANS FEAR the idea. Environmentalists love it. Consumers don’t understand it. And businesses are beginning to trial it. David Burrows investigates the controversial concept of sustainable diets.   Obesity and diet-related illness are on the increase. Fewer young people are… Read More

  • Veggie restaurants up 50% in five years

    THE NUMBER of vegetarian restaurants in the UK has continued to grow, with 30 premium restaurants now in operation across the country, up 50% since 2007.     Sales of vegetarian foods have also increased, rising by 7.7% from £730.4m… Read More

  • Why Footprint Awards isn’t just another awards!

    FOOTPRINT AWARDS 2012: The inaugural Footprint Awards in 2011 were proof of concept; to minimise the impact of an awards scheme and remain true to the mantra of being the antithesis of the typical industry awards. Our objective was to create… Read More

  • Winners & Runners Up Announcement: Footprint Awards 2012

    IN A glittering ceremony that told a story of sustainability, last night’s “Footprint Awards” at the stunning 8 Northumberland in London, rewarded its winners for their contributions to sustainability and environmental excellence.         Details of the winners… Read More