ONE OF THE world’s best-known sustainability standards has been criticised by academics for being “too lenient”. A team of researchers analysed the formal objections that have been made to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in the past few years and concluded that the standard’s “principles [...]
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AN UNUSUAL alliance of Greenpeace, the government, and small-boat fishermen is poised for an unprecedented court battle with Britain’s most powerful fishing groups. Today, May 1st, marks the first day of hearings in a landmark case which campaigners say could have “momentous consequences” for small-scale [...]
THE NFU has long fought for better relationships between retailers and farmers, but its president also has the government’s buying practices in his sights. In an exclusive interview, published in April’s Footprint, Peter Kendall refers to food procurement within central government as “lax”, and says [...]
SODEXO HAS increased the number of electric vehicles in its fleet to 18. Four new Renault Kangoo vans, which are noise and C02 emissions-free, have been leased to transport staff and equipment around sites. They will service AstraZeneca sites in Alderley Park and Macclesfield, both [...]
THE HOSPITALITY sector looks set to generate thousands more jobs as Pret A Manger and Whitbread both publish ambitious expansion plans. Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn and Costa, announced an increase in like for like sales of 3.7% and a 11.4% rise in profits to £356.5m. [...]
RULES DESIGNED to clamp down on online advertising junk food to children have been slammed. Two years on from extending the non-broadcast advertising rules to cover websites and social media, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is failing children. Food companies also continue to exploit loopholes and advertise [...]
RESTRICTIONS ON THE pesticides some blame for harming bee populations moved a step closer today. In all, 15 European Member States supported a ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides. Eight countries voted against the ban and four abstained. Given that a qualified majority was not [...]
CATERERS HAVE again come under fire for their part in the horse meat scandal. Lord Haskins, the former boss at Northern Foods, said caterers had “pretty haphazard” systems in place to manage their supply chains. Speaking at the “Assuring the Integrity of the Food [...]
A NEW PROGRAMME to educate children about the benefits of eating fish has been launched. The initiative, run by Seafish and industry partners including Young’s Seafood, has been designed to encourage early years (3-5) children to discover more about seafood and encourage them embrace fish and [...]
The apprentice: you’re hired Young guns Convincing young homegrown talent to consider a career in the foodservice or hospitality sector has traditionally been an uphill struggle. The long, unsociable hours. The poor pay. The temptation to hire international staff. But, as we reach [...]
