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Retailers mark Veganuary with plant-based launches
Supermarkets have introduced a raft of new vegan products in response to the growing consumer demand for plant-based foods. This week, Tesco launched an 18-strong Wicked Kitchen vegan range developed in partnership with high-profile plant-based chef, Derek Sarno. Products including… Read More
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Businesses sign landmark paper cup agreement
McDonald’s and Starbucks are among fourteen organisations to have signed a new agreement to accelerate UK recycling of paper cups. The cross-industry collaboration is being coordinated by trade body the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK) and… Read More
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Pret offers free water refills
Pret A Manger customers will be able to fill up their own water bottles for free after the business introduced filtered water stations in selected outlets. Starting this week, all three Veggie Pret shops will feature the stations with the… Read More
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Progress on paper cups
The number of places where coffee lovers can recycle their disposable cups has rocketed in the past 12 months, according to an update published by the Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group (PCRRG). The PCRRG estimates that there are currently… Read More
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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
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Foodservice powers organic growth
Foodservice showed the strongest growth in organic sales of any sector in 2016, according to the Soil Association’s latest Organic Market Report. The 19.1% growth in sales of organic food and drink products into the foodservice market exceeded growth in… Read More
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Cage-free commitments heap pressure on caterers
A flurry of retailer commitments to source cage-free eggs represents a seismic shift for the sector and puts pressure on foodservice operators to follow suit, according to Compassion in World Farming. Major UK supermarkets and convenience chains including Tesco, Aldi,… Read More
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Pret’s veggie might
Pret A Manger’s pop up veggie store is like a Beyonce concert, according to chief executive Clive Schlee. “A meat free environment seems to generate an infectious positive energy,” he wrote on his blog this week. The shop is only… Read More
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Veggies let down by sandwich choice
High street sandwich sellers must do more to offer customers vegetarian and vegan options, an environmental group has said. Eating Better found that only 4% of over 500 sandwiches it surveyed were plant-based, meaning they did not contain meat, fish,… Read More
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Pret launches veggie poll
HIGH STREET chain Pret A Manger is asking customers how to improve its vegetarian offer. Thus far, 50% would like see a veggie fridge in every outlet, whilst 45% would like to see a purely veggie Pret store. … Read More