LEADING FOODSERVICE figures met on the second birthday of the governments wide-ranging health deal to discuss whether it’s been a success and what challenges lie ahead. The government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal is reaching a critical stage. Last month the wide-ranging deal had its second birthday [...]
FOODSERVICE BUSINESSES can take a lesson from giants like Coke and Asda in encouraging consumers to make healthier choices. In 2010 the top 10 UK food manufacturers spent just shy of £500m on advertising aimed at encouraging people to buy, among other [...]
ACCORDING TO dubious research cooked up for a marketing campaign a few years ago the third Monday of January deserves the title of “Blue Monday”. That’s when people are at their most miserable, thanks to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and the arrival of unpaid credit card bills. This year it fell on [...]
THE LIGHT-TOUCH approach to healthy food policy concerns campaigners, but the government and food businesses are now in contact more than ever – and it’s making a difference, Phil Hooper tells David Burrows. It’s no secret the coalition government likes to nudge rather than push. Nudging, an idea popularised by academics Richard Thaler and Cass [...]
THE BRITISH Retail Consortium has launched a consultation to seek views on what the new front of pack nutritional labelling system for food should look like. In October 2012, all four UK administrations made a joint announcement on the recommended approach to front of [...]
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 recognise healthy best practice within foodservice. The high profile judging panel this afternoon rewarded those [...]
THE GOVERNMENT has published its annual Family Food survey, which campaigners say shows worrying trends in terms of nutrition. The survey provides statistics on food purchases by type of food and also estimates of nutrient content. Most concerning is the decline in purchases of fruit [...]
A NUMBER of organisations sufficiently advanced in the health, nutrition and vitality arena will be rewarded for their efforts with recognition in the first-ever Health & Vitality Honours a brand new scheme specially created to establish a platform for foodservice businesses to showcase healthy best practice. [...]
ORGANISATIONS FROM across the foodservice supply chain form The Roll of Honour for the inaugural Health & Vitality Honours scheme announced today. Caterers from the private and public sectors, manufacturers and suppliers – both global and niche – and representatives from the take out and independent hospitality [...]
