Vacherin

  • Vacherin adopts reduced meat and dairy menus

    Vacherin adopts reduced meat and dairy menus

    Vacherin’s range of sustainable meals have been adapted so they include less meat and more veg. No more than 30% of a dish should comprise animal proteins with an upper limit for meat or fish content set at three ounces.… Read More

  • Vacherin smashes zero waste target

    Vacherin smashes zero waste target

    Vacherin has hit its target of becoming a zero waste-to-landfill organisation more than a year earlier than scheduled. In April 2016, the specialist London caterer set itself the target of sending zero waste to landfill by 2018; however a recent… Read More

  • Foodservice should tell its own ugly veg story

    Foodservice should tell its own ugly veg story

    Never one to pass up a PR opportunity, Tesco chose the second week of Wimbledon to publish a blog from its commercial director Matt Simister on how its range of Perfectly Imperfect strawberries have been “literally flying off the shelves”… Read More

  • Vacherin chefs use three tonnes of ugly veg

    Vacherin chefs use three tonnes of ugly veg

    Catering firm Vacherin has diverted 3,200 kg of fruit and veg from landfill. The cosmetically rejected produce used in its I’mPerfect range could double this year, according to the company’s 2015/16 sustainability report. The approach is fairly simple: the company’s… Read More

  • Beauty’s only skin deep

    FOODSERVICE COMPANIES would love to get their hands on the ugly produce that supermarkets discard at the farm gate. But as Vacherin has discovered, it’s easier said than done.                   Who cares what… Read More

  • December’s magazine in numbers

    0 – number of all-male boards in FTSE100                           Lord Davies has published his report on how women’s representation on the boards of the FTSE 100 has changed… Read More

  • Caterer launches low carbon menus

    CATERER VACHERIN is calling for the catering industry to play a vital role in helping to reach the emission reduction targets set by COP21.                   Speaking to Footprint following COP21, Anthony Kingsley,… Read More

  • News review

    Disposable cutlery ban France could soon say “non” to plastic cutlery. The National Assembly has voted in favour of a ban on disposable forks, spoons and plates from 2020. A ban on plastic bags could also come in to force… Read More

  • Government must clean up its act on litter

    FOODSERVICE COMPANIES are among an influential group of campaigns, businesses and member organisations calling for an advisory committee on litter.                           McDonald’s, Costa Coffee, Vacherin and Pret A… Read More

  • Vacherin’s first sustainability report reveals commitment to responsible business

    LONDON CATERER Vacherin has launched its first Sustainability & CSR Report, Vacherin Cares 2014/15.                      The document attempts to set out its ongoing operational commitment to this crucial area and reveals… Read More