Mitchells & Butlers
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Food chains join forces to cut sugar
Some of the high street’s biggest food chains have signed up to a series of new health targets including a 20% reduction in sugar by 2020. The alliance, which includes Caffè Nero, Costa, Greggs, McDonald’s and Mitchells & Butlers, has… Read More
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Future of food safety is in the balance
The Food Standards Agency is quietly proposing the most dramatic shake-up of regulations in almost 20 years. Nick Hughes looks at the details. You could be forgiven for not having heard of “Regulating Our Future”. The document was pushed out… Read More
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Greggs and McDonald’s singled out for welfare success
Foodservice companies continue to lag behind other food businesses in their animal welfare commitments, despite Greggs and McDonald’s winning praise for their policies. Retailers dominated the highest tier of the global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report, which… Read More
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Think like a criminal to beat the food fraud
Since the horsemeat scandal, health and safety offences can bring big fines or even prison. Businesses have to be cunning to stay safe, writes Tony Hines. The scandal over undisclosed horsemeat in food products in the UK forced businesses, the… Read More
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Foodservice wins praise for welfare commitments
The issue of farm animal welfare may have reached a significant tipping point after the number of foodservice businesses achieving a Compassion in World Farming Good Farm Animal Welfare Award doubled in the past year. The awards recognise the work… Read More
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Roadmap to waste reduction
THE INTRODUCTION of backhauling schemes and the development of a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant are among the cost-saving options considered in a new research project designed to help pubs, bars and restaurants reduce waste. … Read More
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Collaboration could deliver 30% savings in food waste processing across hospitality sector
A NEW report commissioned by the Hospitality Carbon Reduction Forum (HCRF), whose members include Whitbread, J D Wetherspoons, Mitchells and Butlers, Nandos and Hammerson shows that food waste management costs could be reduced by 30% and much less food be… Read More
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The push for more AD sites
BRITAIN’S ANAEROBIC digestion capacity is growing and yet many foodservice companies are still sending food waste to landfill. Footprint looks at the gaps in the UK system. There are now 106 anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK, not counting… Read More
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Hospitality sector looking at its own AD plant
THE HOSPITALITY sector could have its own dedicated anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to take food waste. It’s just one of a number of options being considered as part of a sector-wide analysis of food waste. The Hospitality Carbon Reduction… Read More