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  • Footprint Awards 2015: What the industry said….

    Footprint Awards 2015: What the industry said….

    What do you get when you put some chickens, an ex-rugby international and a dishwasher salesman on a podium together at an awards do? You get a tremendously funny, yet informative night, as the Footprint Awards 2015 showed. The sustainability… Read More

  • Industry revisits ethical marks at Footprint Forum in association with TUCO supported by Fairtrade

    UNIVERSITY CATERERS are questioning whether chasing ethical accreditations is worth the effort given that price trumps all among their customer base.                       The average UK student now spends just £105… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • Thousands more jobs in hospitality

    THE HOSPITALITY sector looks set to generate thousands more jobs as Pret A Manger and Whitbread both publish ambitious expansion plans.   Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn and Costa, announced an increase in like for like sales of 3.7% and… Read More

  • Video – Inaugural Footprint Health & Vitality Honours

    LEADING PERSONALITIES from the foodservice and hospitality industries, including the likes of Raymond Blanc OBE, LACA’s Anne Bull and Westminster Kingsway’s Gary Hunter, teamed-up with health and nutrition expert Dr Susan Jebb and Sodexo Health Ambassador Matt Dawson MBE to… Read More

  • Sandwiches need clearer labelling

    SANDWICHES CAN contain a fairly thick slice of daily guidelines amounts of fat and salt, according to a new report by Which?   The research, which focussed on sandwiches bought through retailers, found that contents varied so widely that a… Read More

  • Simon Hargraves Apprenticeship Scheme

    This is the perfect example of the difference that foodservice businesses can make in the community. Our friends at Pret balance environmental issues with the social issues, whilst creating commercial value. That’s what its all about….. Read More