dairy

Vegetable inflation rate over 5% as food and drink inflation rates heads towards 2008 peak

OPERATORS ARE being warned that they will need to take steps to mitigate the impact of a continued surge in food inflation, which is expected to rise further in 2013 and beyond.                 An annual Food Inflation Report published by Prestige Purchasing shows that the rate of inflation [...]

NFU publishes list of dairy-friendly companies

SODEXO, BRAKES and 3663 are the only three foodservice businesses to appear on a new NFU list of the companies that are paying dairy farmers a fair price. Costa Coffee is the lone High Street food and drink outlet on the list.                     The NFU’s list, [...]

Putting Milk First

Footprint met up with Tim Innocent, Head of Purchasing – Direct Materials, Nestle UK – to talk about the company’s approach to sourcing milk sustainably as part of its ‘Creating Shared Value’ approach to business.   Nestle’s philosophy is to ensure that it takes the right solution to the right market-place and put things in [...]