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  • Foodservice Footprint James-Foskett-Love-Potatoes-040609-300x200 Grocery guide for buying British Grocery sector news updates Out of Home sector news Tesco NFU news-email Morrisons Co-Operative ASDA Aldi

    Grocery guide for buying British

    The NFU has made it easier for shoppers to buy British. A new online supermarket sourcing guide shows where the major retailers source their meat, dairy and fresh produce. It’s taken 12 months to produce the guide, but it couldn’t… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint FPT2014054-300x199 Bruising time for UK fruit and veg Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news NFU news-email National Living Wage Fruit & Veg Food Research Collaboration DEFRA 2015 End of Season Horticultural Survey

    Bruising time for UK fruit and veg

    The UK horticulture sector faces major structural issues that threaten its long-term viability, based on the findings of two new reports. The sector faces issues on both the supply and demand side, according to the latest paper by the Food… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-2 Defra publishes five year plan Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news NFU Liz Truss DEFRA

    Defra publishes five year plan

    Farmers will be pleased. Defra has published its plan for 2015-2020 this week and most of the aspirations could have been written by the NFU. Top of the pile is the 25-year food and farming strategy, of course, but there… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-5 Why are food firms keeping quiet about an EU exit Features Features Political Print NFU FDF City University Food Symposium CAP Brexit

    Why are food firms keeping quiet about an EU exit

    Food firms have so far been cagey on EU exit, but for most businesses Britain is surely better in than out. There are no prizes for guessing what issue will be at the axis of British political debate in 2016.… Read More

  • News Review

    FOOD WASTE effecting wildlife; new look DEFRA; $1B in organic sales; overcapacity in foodservice and climate denial not dead.                           Food waste putting birds and fish at peril… 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

  • Footprint Forum: Animal welfare – we’ve come a long way baby

    Three quarters of consumers rank animal welfare concerns as the top issue which makes a company ethical but is the foodservice industry doing enough to ensure animal welfare, and if so, are we communicating it to customers? The conclusion from… Read More

  • Political Print

    FREE MARKETS may trump farmers’ interests in the battle over milk prices. UK dairy farmers have achieved some notable victories in their campaign for a better deal, including new guarantees from retailers over the price they pay for liquid milk… Read More

  • Foodservice hits back on milk prices

    FOODSERVICE COMPANIES have defended their milk procurement practices in the face of criticism from ministers and the British Retail Consortium. However, very few would be willing to publicise the price they paid for a pint. Footprint approached 10 of the… 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