JUSTIN KING has become the latest business chief to identify water as, potentially, the biggest environmental concern facing the food industry. “From our point of view, [water] is more important than carbon,” he said at this year’s City Food Lecture The discussion panel after the Sainsbury’s CEO’s speech at the event was flooded [...]
GREENVALE AP, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes is one of only 12 companies selected from across the UK and nominated for the European Business Awards for the Environment Following Footprint’s RSA accreditation the entrants to the Footprint Awards 2011 can enjoy pan-European exposure. Winners and runners up of [...]
GENETICALLY MODIFIED crops are now grown by over 16.7 million farmers in 29 countries covering 160 million hectares of land. This is an 8% increase compared with last year, according to figures released by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). Particularly striking is the fact that farmers in developing countries [...]
PACKAGING PROFESSIONALS have named ‘Innocent’ their most admired brand for its environmental approach to packaging. EasyFairs asked almost 300 packaging experts to name a brand that they really admired for its green packaging approach, and one in 10 (10%) chose Innocent. This was closely followed by ‘Marks & Spencer’ (7%) and ‘Kenco’ (5%). [...]
THE HOTEL group Accor, which owns Novotel, Ibis and Sofitel, has set up a working group to look at providing more sustainable menus for its clients. This could include the integration of more vegetarian options over the coming years. Speaking exclusively to Foodservice Footprint, the hotel group’s executive vice president for sustainable development, Sophie Flak, [...]
FOUR OF Britain’s leading chefs are joining forces to launch a new campaign called ‘Think Outside the Box’ to inspire home cooks to get creative and use more eggs. Annabel Karmel (pictured), Paul Merrett, Jun Tanaka and Sophie Wright are all involved, and [...]
LONDON’S CATERERS and chefs must use their buying power to make the capital the world’s first ever sustainable fish city. Some have already taken the initiative, but there is a responsibility across the whole foodservice industry to be experts and teachers in sustainability issues. The call came from Raymond Blanc (pictured) at an event [...]
Frozen food has performed well in a market with fewer outlets serving fewer diners. Data compiled by Horizons FS shows that the number of outlets from 2009 – 2010 remained the same, while the number of meals served fell by 1.2%. Despite this, caterers and chefs have continued to rely on frozen, which makes [...]
Caterers are missing out on a £700m market in meat-free options. The latest research suggests that three in five UK adults now eat meat-free food, with 3% (approximately 1.8m) of adults actively identifying themselves as vegetarians [National Statistics]. The Vegetarian Society says that the amount of ‘occasional veggies’ or ‘meat reducers’ – [...]
Consumers and chefs have been urged to buy more frozen food so they waste less food. The latest household food and drink report from the Government shows that households throw away 17% of all food bought. This figure could be slashed if more consumers opted for frozen equivalents instead, says the British Frozen Food Federation [...]
