Best Practice

  • Waste Not, Want Not

    Sodexo’s global strategy on reducing waste across its vast estate is taking form and promises to be a benchmark for foodservice businesses in the battle of the waste bulge.   Just over a year ago Sodexo published its ‘Better Tomorrow… Read More

  • A Sea of Sustainability

    Seafood taken from the world’s oceans has increased five-fold in the past 50 years. Yet Britain’s appetite continues to grow, especially out of home where it accounts for 18 per cent of meals. These two combined factors are putting a… Read More

  • Passion for Provenance

    Reynolds is renowned as a producer of fresh sustainable produce to the catering industry. The company is driven by the passion of Managing Director Tony Reynolds to promote sustainability throughout the business.   In the last issue of Foodservice Footprint,… Read More

  • Chasing Origins Sustainably

    Exactly what is ‘local’ and are people confusing it with ‘origin’? Then again, does ‘sustainable’ mean ’local’? Foodservice Footprint put Tamsin Gane, Sustainable Procurement Manager of Sodexo, on the spot and asked her to make all clear.   People think… Read More

  • Caring and Sharing

    Critics of Nestlé’s environmental policies may need to back track after studying the company’s achievements under its ‘Creating Shared Value’ strategy.   Nestlé, whose large portfolio of brands familiar to UK consumers includes Kit-Kat (now Fairtrade in its four-finger format),… Read More

  • Water – Way to Go

    Whitney Kakos, Impact & Sustainability Manager at Cafédirect tells Foodservice Footprint about a range of strategies devised to help smallholder farmers of coffee, tea and cocoa cope with changing rainfall patterns.   Smallholder coffee, tea and cocoa farmers represent one… Read More

  • Brakes puts Sustainability First

      Brakes Group can claim a lot of ‘firsts’ in its effort to promote sustainability in foodservice over the past 10 years.   Brakes Group is a leading foodservice supplier in Europe with 10,000 employees in 80 locations, and 1,000… Read More

  • A Real Impact

    Footprint caught up with Dudson chief Executive Officer Max Dudson, who explains the company’s philosophy on sustainability and the steps it is taking to manage the impact of production on the external environment.   Dudson recognises that its activities have… Read More

  • Freshly Contracted

    Pauleys was the first national fresh produce supplier in foodservice to be awarded Red Tractor certification and worked closely with the AFS to help develop the marque. The company continues to champion British produce and celebrate its growers.   Pauleys,… Read More

  • Four Fingered Ethics

    As consumers become increasingly interested in the origins and sustainability credentials of their food, companies like Nestlé are taking important steps to improve economic and social conditions for the cocoa farming communities. Nestlé, one of the biggest global users of… Read More