CONSUMERS ARE being warned of the hidden sugar in some everyday products marketed as being healthier. Ready meals, soups, sauces and yoghurts have all been found to contain high levels of sugar. Manufacturers keen to market products as “low in fat” or [...]
Jamie Oliver
THE MOST powerful person in UK hospitality has claimed that the sector doesn’t get enough recognition and must do more to support British farmers. Alastair Storey, chairman and chief executive of Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the holding company of leading independent hospitality and retail companies such [...]
DOCTORS BELIEVE that a tax on sugary drinks will help to tackle the obesity crisis. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges also calls for better standards of hospital food In an extensive report, published today February 18th, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) also [...]
THE TOP stories of 2012, from Starbucks’ tax travails to rising energy bills and the “greenest Olympics ever”. January/February With the mince pies sitting heavily around the waistline and the influence of festive parties still coursing through the veins, health and diets are rarely far from the headlines in the new year. And so [...]
FOODSERVICE BUSINESSES talk a good game when it comes to supporting British dairy farmers, but few are willing to divulge details of the price they are paying for milk. It takes a lot of bottle to stand up to the might of [...]
AGAINST A background of job shortages and rising university fees, the foodservice sector is an increasingly attractive option for young talent from the UK, writes Nick Hughes. Convincing young, homegrown talent to consider a career in the foodservice sector has historically been an uphill struggle for employers. [...]
JAMIE OLIVER and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have thrown their weight behind the NFUs SOS Dairy campaign calling for action on the current milk price crisis. The pair today issued a joint letter to The Times saying they are shocked that [...]
SUBWAY IS REPORTEDLY in talks with a head teacher to open a branch at a school in Manchester. According to the Manchester Evening News the food chain is in talks with Parrs Wood High School in Didsbury over the possibility of opening a [...]
INCREASING NUMBERS of pupils are coming into school “hungry”, “dirty” and “struggling to concentrate” since the recession. Almost half the teachers quizzed in a survey by youth charity The Princes Trust and the Times Educational Supplement regularly witness pupils coming into [...]
Steve Quinn, MD – Cucina Restaurants
By footprint on July 25, 2012
Published in: Comment, Health and Vitality and tagged Cucina, Jamie Oliver, Michael Gove, Steve Quinn.
I HAVE to say that Jamie Oliver’s recent attack on Michael Gove over non-mandatory nutritional standards in academies made me a bit cross. You may think thats a strange reaction from the head of a school catering company. Well, let [...]