Compass

  • Foodservice Footprint Tuna-head-294x300 Compass commits to sustainable seafood Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Sustainable Fish SSC news-email MSC MCS Duncan Gray Compass Client Earth

    Compass commits to sustainable seafood

    Compass Group UK & Ireland has become the first major foodservice player to join the Sustainable Seafood Coalition (SSC), the industry-backed scheme whose ambition is for all fish and seafood sold in the UK to come from sustainable sources. The… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-copy-3 Big is beautiful again My Viewpoint  Sodexo prestige Purchasing news-email Harbour & Jones Elior David Read Compass CH&Co BaxterStorey Aramark

    Big is beautiful again

    Huge diverse conglomerates fell out of fashion in the 90s, but the foodservice industry has put mergers back on the business agenda. By David Read. In the 1970s and 1980s (when I was in my formative business years) the world… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F41-p5a-B Animal welfare standards continue to improve across foodservice Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Whitbread Sodexo Pret news-email Malcom Copland Las Iguanas Jamie Oliver Group Greggs Good Egg Award Elior Daniel Nowland Compassion In World Farming Awards Compass CIWF Casual Dining Gorup Cafe Rouge Bela Pasta

    Animal welfare standards continue to improve across foodservice

    Foodservice companies collected 13 awards for their approach to farm animal welfare standards as cages for poultry become “consigned to the history books”. In the past 12 months there has been a wave of commitments to source cage-free shell and… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint healthy-mind-report Report: Designed with health in mind Reports  report pyschology Foodservice Compass

    Report: Designed with health in mind

    A psychological approach to helping consumers make healthier choices in foodservice. Footprint Intelligence was commissioned to conduct a piece of independent research on how to use the psychology of healthier eating to encourage consumers to eat more healthily in foodservice… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint 1 Foodservice lacking bark as Brexit bites My Viewpoint  Whitbread Weetabix Sodexo Sainsbury's McDonalds Compass Cargill Brexit ABP

    Foodservice lacking bark as Brexit bites

    The sector risks being forgotten if it doesn’t get its act together and start lobbying hard, writes David Burrows. Managing Brexit will need the whole food industry – farmers, food manufacturers and retailers – to find a single voice with… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-28 Left behind on animal welfare Behind the Headlines Out of Home News Analysis  news-email McDonalds Greggs Compass Animal Welfare

    Left behind on animal welfare

    Consumers, politicians and many companies are taking the issue seriously – so why are foodservice firms lagging?                                             There… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Analysis-1 Second chance for the slackers My Viewpoint  Subway Sodexo Public Health Responsibility Deal Obesity Strategy Nick Hughes Compass BHA

    Second chance for the slackers

    The government is again asking businesses to take a voluntary approach to obesity. Will the Childhood Obesity Plan succeed where the Responsibility Deal failed? By Nick Hughes. The dog that has not barked properly in the whole obesity debate.” That… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Landfill-waste Food retailers lead Courtauld commitments Grocery sector news updates Out of Home sector news  Subway news-email Nando's Food For London Courtauld 2025 Compass

    Food retailers lead Courtauld commitments

    Boots and Iceland have become the latest retailers to sign up to WRAP’s Courtauld Commitment 2025 meaning 95% of the food and drink retail market is now represented. The two retailers are among a list of 30 new signatories to… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Chickens Compass joins cage-free revolution Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Free-Range Eggs Compass

    Compass joins cage-free revolution

    Compass Group has become the latest foodservice company to commit to sourcing 100% cage-free shell and liquid eggs. The move brings the international business in line with Compass in the US, which has already made the commitment to source eggs… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint WWF-HI_112862 McDonald’s and Sodexo “carrying” the sector when it comes to sustainable palm oil Out of Home News Analysis  Sdeoxo news-email McDonalds Compass

    McDonald’s and Sodexo “carrying” the sector when it comes to sustainable palm oil

    WWF has criticised foodservice companies for failing to source more sustainable palm oil. The 2016 Palm Oil Scorecard, published this week, show the sector is “notably lagging behind” retail and manufacturing. “While we see some very good performers in this… Read More