A GROUNDBREAKING study reveals the huge amounts of energy wasted by contract caterers but there are massive savings to be made by companies willing to invest. It’s seven o’clock in the morning and staff are preparing the kitchens for the hungry breakfast crowd. The grill goes [...]
FOODSERVICE COMPANIES have reacted to help calm concerned clients and customers following the horsemeat scandals. So far the discovery of horse DNA has been limited to products in the retail supply chain, but foodservice companies assured that checks are underway and double-checks are taking place [...]
IT’S SEVEN oclock in the morning and staff are preparing the kitchens for the hungry breakfast crowd. The grill goes on ready for a hard mornings work and wont be shut down until well past midday. Ovens, hobs, dishwashers, fridges and extractors will all be used and will cost the client hundreds or even thousands [...]
ARAMARK WILL be helping its customers stick with their New Year’s resolutions with a new health campaign launched January 8th, 2013. Entitled Eat Yourself Healthy, the campaign includes special offers and meal deals to make it easy for people to eat more healthily. [...]
ARAMARKS CORPORATE responsibility and training director Val Carter has been awarded game changer status by Business in the Community (BITC). BITC, which is celebrating its 30th year of campaigning on responsible business issues, launched the one-off game changers accolade to honour inspirational individuals who have managed [...]
…AS THE hard work on one huge food operation finishes, another is already under way. BaxterStorey’s John Bennett looks back at the 2012 Olympics… At the start of 2011, BaxterStorey secured a contract to deliver catering at the main media centre for the London 2012 Olympic [...]
CATERING FIRM Aramark has come under fire for throwing away food prepared for Olympics teams. Employees working for catering firm Aramark have told BBC London they were being ordered to throw away food meant for Olympic and Paralympic teams immediately after it was cooked. Aramark told the [...]
WASTE HAS been cut by half at BPs headquarters in Dyce, Aberdeen, thanks to a number of initiatives by its foodservice provider. Aramark has driven an improvement in resource efficiency, helping BP from a 27% recycling rate in 2008 to 70% in 2012. Other [...]
FAIRTRADE PRODUCTS achieved double digit growth in 2011, according to the latest figures from the Fairtrade Foundation. Estimated retail sales of Fairtrade products in 2011 reached £1.32bn, a 12% increase on sales of £1.17bn in 2010. Bananas, coffee, tea are all [...]
Latest statements on horsemeat scandal, as of February 13th
By footprint on February 13, 2013
Published in: Comment, News Analysis and tagged 3663, Aramark, Food Standards Agency, FSA, HCA, Hospital Caterers Association, LACA, Local Authority Caterers Association, Sodexo, Tillery Valley.
Note: The Food Standards Agency statement for caterers is available here. ARAMARK statement: “We can’t speak for the catering industry and weren’t present at today’s meeting. From our standpoint, all ARAMARK-authorised suppliers of products containing meat and processed meat have confirmed to us that [...]