NESTLE HAS come a long way since that viral in 2010 the one with the bored office worker who bites off a finger of a Kit Kat that turns out to be a bloody orang-utan finger. Campaigners at Greenpeace had found that the company was sourcing from Sinar Mas, an Indonesian supplier that it [...]
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A NUMBER of organisations sufficiently advanced in the health, nutrition and vitality arena will be rewarded for their efforts with recognition in the first-ever Health & Vitality Honours a brand new scheme specially created to establish a platform for foodservice businesses to showcase healthy best practice. [...]
ORGANISATIONS FROM across the foodservice supply chain form The Roll of Honour for the inaugural Health & Vitality Honours scheme announced today. Caterers from the private and public sectors, manufacturers and suppliers – both global and niche – and representatives from the take out and independent hospitality [...]
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. [...]
THE GROCERY sector has delivered on its commitments to cut waste up and down the supply chain. New figures released by WRAP show that supply chain waste has been cut by 8.8% well ahead of the three-year target of 5%. [...]
First ever FootprintChannel debate highlights cost, culture and communication as key to waste reduction. A CULTURE CHANGE is needed in UK commercial kitchens if the foodservice sector is to deal with the escalating problem of food waste. Communication up and down the supply chain also needs [...]
Today, a FREE, interactive, online TV debate entitled Waste – What Next? can be seen live at 10.30am by anyone with an internet connection. The programme is also being beamed simultaneously to the Restaurant Show where it can be viewed in the Business Bootcamp area. The [...]
THE BRITISH food industry must boost innovation in order to improve productivity, but sustainably. This was one of the key points made by Lord Carter of Coles in his talk Innovation in Agriculture and Food. He was speaking at the first ever Thought Leaders and Innovators Conference and Partnering Event, organised by Footprint Forum in [...]
First ever ‘Health & Vitality Honours’ launched – a brand new scheme specially created to establish a platform for foodservice businesses to showcase healthy best practice. Open for Submissions: 6th August 2012 Submission Deadline: 31st October 2012 Honours Lunch: 18th January 2013 (Venue [...]
Hippocrates: Organisations are what they eat
By footprint on November 1, 2012
Published in: Comment, Health and Vitality and tagged Acquire Services, Amanda Ursell, Brakes, CH&Co, Health & Vitality Honours, inoocent, Lord's, Nestle Professional, Sodexo.
AS WE enter the last week for submissions of the inaugural Health & Vitality Honours 2013, Amanda Ursell enlightens us about the importance of creating a platform for excellence. Napoleon, said to be one of the greatest military commanders of all time, is often quoted as having said that an army marches on its [...]