Please Sir, We Want Some More

Head teachers are facing a dilemma when deciding how to spend dwindling school budgets. Will this mean cuts to school meals and the return of the dreaded Turkey Twizzler? David Burrows and Nick Hughes investigate.   Ever since an outraged Jamie Oliver brought the infamous turkey twizzler to the attention of the nation in 2005, [...]

Is Health a Big Deal for Foodservice?

The Government is pinning its hopes, and the nation’s health, on a voluntary initiative with the food and drink industry. But what does the Responsibility Deal mean for foodservice? Nick Hughes and David Burrows report.   For the Government, the Responsibility Deal is a big deal. “It shows how partnership and challenge can be an [...]

Sink or Swim

If the noughties were all about carbon, the environmental issue that will define the current decade is almost certain to be water. But there’s more to tackling your water use than turning the taps off, says Nick Hughes.   When the chief executive of Nestle claims that “water will run out before oil” and the [...]

Packing IT IN

Not content with using glass or recycled plastic, supermarkets are now stocking milk in bags or bottles made of papier mâché. But the foodservice sector should think twice before jumping on the milk packaging bandwagon, says Nick Hughes.   There can be few products that have exercised the grey matter of packaging design experts as [...]