HaFSA

  • Food waste breakthrough is just the beginning

    Food waste breakthrough is just the beginning

    2016 was the year redistribution went mainstream. But it’s only a sticking-plaster solution to the problem of poverty. By Nick Hughes. The year 2016 felt like a breakthrough moment for food waste redistribution. Greater public awareness of food waste along… Read More

  • Food sector aims to double food redistribution

    Food sector aims to double food redistribution

    Some of the country’s largest food and drink firms have committed to doubling the amount of surplus food they redistribute by 2020. A new campaign to improve redistribution in the hospitality and foodservice sector will also be launched this year,… Read More

  • Vacherin smashes zero waste target

    Vacherin smashes zero waste target

    Vacherin has hit its target of becoming a zero waste-to-landfill organisation more than a year earlier than scheduled. In April 2016, the specialist London caterer set itself the target of sending zero waste to landfill by 2018; however a recent… Read More

  • Last throw of the dice for voluntary deals?

    Last throw of the dice for voluntary deals?

    The Courtauld Commitment is targeting big cuts in waste across the food industry, but if it fails then legislators may step in. By David Burrows. A lot rests on Courtauld 2025. The new food industry super-agreement aims to save £20… Read More

  • Waste agreements merged into new Courtauld 2025 scheme

    Waste agreements merged into new Courtauld 2025 scheme

    Wrap has unveiled a voluntary agreement that will “transform” the UK food and drink industry. Courtauld 2025 will replace both the Hospitality and Foodservice Agreement (HaFSA) on waste and the Courtauld Commitment followed by retailers and manufacturers since 2005. The… Read More

  • Dr Richard Swannell discusses the latest HaFSA figures

    Dr Richard Swannell discusses the latest HaFSA figures

    You’ve just published interim data on the Hospitality and Foodservice Agreement on waste (HaFSA). What are the headline findings? Richard Swannell: The interim results compare the figures reported for 2014 with the baseline figures. This shows a continued good collective… Read More

  • The 10 big issues for 2016

    SUGAR AND supply chains, pay rises and publicity: the topics that’ll dominate the industry’s agenda in the new year.                   1 Guns stay fixed on sugar   Sugar leapfrogged salt and saturated fat… Read More

  • News review

    More Scottish food please, Bidvest sustainability update, Hospitality delivers 10% of GDP, Keep big portions out of reach, Tea certification failures….                     NFUS challenges foodservice   Scotland’s farming union will approach foodservice and catering companies… Read More

  • WRAP calls for ‘resource revolution’ with new 5 year plan

    WRAP HAS unveiled its plan for the next five years which aims to create a revolution in the way that we use resources.       The charity is targetting Food and Drink; Clothing and Textiles and Electricals and Electronics… Read More

  • Firms missing out on waste scheme

    FOODSERVICE COMPANIES save £10m in a ‘really encouraging’ 12 months but most of the sector is yet to get on board.                   Foodservice companies have saved £10m through a voluntary scheme to reduce… Read More