MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Jessica has spent the past decade working in health promotion. At vielife she is responsible for new product development and extending the ways that people can engage with and improve their health & wellness. Jessica has also worked as a health writer and freelance consultant for a number of organisations [...]
MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Prof. John Stein MA MSc BM BCh FRCP trained as a neurologist at Oxford University, and St Thomas’s Hospital, London. He is now Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. His research focuses on disordered visuomotor control as a cause of movement, reading and behavioural disorders, in [...]
MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Amanda Ursell - Nutritionist, Times Journalist and regular contributor to the BBC (Courtesy of CH&Co.) Amanda Ursell is a qualified nutritionist and has a diploma in dietetics. She is also an award winning journalist, television presenter and author. With weekly columns in The Times and The Sun, Amanda is one of [...]
MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Matt Dawson MBE - Sportsman, Writer, Broadcaster and Sodexo Ambassador You will all know Matt from his appearances in all kinds of media and on the sports field. He’s also passionate about food and at the 25th Anniversary of Sodexo’s health and well-being programme “Healthwise” highlighted the link between food and [...]
Shunned by the government’s 5-a-day scheme and marginalised by the rise of its trendier cousin the chip, the plain old potato is in danger of falling out of favour in foodservice. Can stronger innovation and better marketing hold the key to the spud’s long-term prosperity? David Burrows reports. It is the world’s fourth most important [...]
Compass continues to put health and wellbeing at the heart of its business, and following the launch of the Government’s Responsibility Deal in March this year the company has taken steps to ensure that they provide a wide range of food and beverage products so that consumers can make informed choices with regards to [...]
Is there any evidence of a change in behaviour as a result of the Government’s Responsibility Deal which puts calories on menus? Harvester has been tracking its customers’ response over the last 6 months and throws us a morsel of movement in their eating habits. I suppose it’s not very long – 6 [...]
First fruits of the Government’s Responsibility Deal are beginning to emerge. Back in March, McDonald’s announced that it will introduce calorie information on its menu boards as part of the Government’s Responsibility Deal. So, from this Wednesday (7th Sept), McDonald’s will start displaying calories on menus across its 1,200 restaurants, clearly visible to the [...]
It’s time the foodservice industry took health and wellbeing off the agenda and put it into practice, says 3663 communications controller, Lindsay Winser. At 3663, we’ve always been passionate about our environment, products, communities and people. With more and more consumers looking for a great choice of foods that support their bid to live [...]
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you consider your CSR strategy? Reducing emissions? Cutting waste? Lindsay Winser, communications controller at 3663, explains how the company puts people first. IT’S QUITE easy to forget that it’s the employees that ensure organisations operate efficiently, effectively and successfully. Businesses that are passionate about the [...]
