Compass

  • Compass commits to sustainable seafood

    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

  • Big is beautiful again

    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

  • Animal welfare standards continue to improve across foodservice

    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

  • Report: Designed with health in mind

    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 lacking bark as Brexit bites

    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

  • Left behind on 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

  • Second chance for the slackers

    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

  • Food retailers lead Courtauld commitments

    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

  • Compass joins cage-free revolution

    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

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

    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