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  • Footprint Forum Report: Cut the clutter

    CATERING FIRMS are faced with myriad eco-labels. But are they an essential part of communicating their ethics?                   Ask a student what factors determine the food they buy and price will invariably…

  • Compostable claims rubbished

    CATERERS THAT promote their uptake of 100 per cent compostable packaging could be greenwashing.                   Speaking at last week’s Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) seminar, BaxterStorey’s head of sustainable business questioned competitors that…

  • Footprint Awards 2014 Winners Announced

    THE WINNERS of the fourth annual Footprint Awards were last night [22nd May] finally revealed at a glittering ceremony at the prestigious East Wintergarden, after a series of recounts due to nail-bitingly close judging scores across the categories. In an…

  • Footprint Forum: Thought Leaders & Innovators 2013

    Footprint Forum: Thought Leaders & Innovators 2014 to be announced soon

  • Nicki Fisher: Pret A Manger’s head of sustainability

    THE SUSTAINABILITY landscape significantly shifted in 2013 around provenance of food in particular thanks to the horse meat scandal… Strangely enough the whole debacle has done us a favour now customers and consumers are being inquisitive about the supply chain…

  • Record entries to the Health & Vitality Honours 2014

    RECORD LEVELS of entries have been announced for this year’s Health & Vitality Honours, highlighting the huge strides being made in the foodservice sector amid changing attitudes towards health, nutrition and wellbeing across the industry.          …

  • Record numbers tune into FootprintChannel.TV to hear new waste figures

    LEADING SENIOR professionals from foodservice and hospitality businesses across the UK, including Hilton International, McDonald’s, Carillion, Coca-Cola, the House of Lords and The Greater London Authority tuned into the latest FootprintChannel.TV live broadcast to hear new figures on food waste in…

  • Richard Swannell to lead live Footprint waste debate

    Footprint Forum, one of the UK’s leading sustainability communities operating across the entire food supply chain, has today opened registration for its upcoming live debate, ‘Waste: A Moving Brief’. Register Here                  …

  • The foodservice sector is NO poor relation when it comes to Health & Vitality initiatives

    “THE FOODSERVICE sector isn’t the poor relation of grocery retail when it comes to health and vitality initiatives”!   This was the overwhelming message delivered by industry experts from across the hospitality industry who gathered at the Department of Health…

  • Big brands honoured for bringing veganism to the masses

    ANIMAL RIGHTS charity PETA has announced its first ever Vegan Food Awards winners, after extensive taste tests of meat and dairy-free products available across the retail and hospitality sector.   The new awards scheme aims to provide credible information for…