THE COMPANY best-known for making the Comic Relief Red Noses and the plastic ruler has come up with another first. After years of research, Invicta Plastics has created the world’s first rigid and durable products made solely from regular plastic drinking bottles, lids and [...]
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EVER GOT to the supermarket and forgotten to bring the 63 plastic bags you have at home? Its not easy being green, but Starbucks is relying on its customers to help it cut waste. The coffee chain is rolling out the sale of reusable [...]
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 [...]
THE ONLY things certain in life are death and taxes. Unless you are Google, Amazon or Starbucks, of course. But in an unprecedented move, the latter has now decided to pay corporation tax in the UK above what is currently required by tax law. This [...]
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 [...]
THE COFFEE chain Starbucks has reportedly paid just £8.6m in corporation tax in the UK over the last 14 years. News agency Reuters carried out a four-month investigation looking at how the company was able to tell investors that is was profitable, even though it was [...]
THE HEAD of one of the UKs biggest milk buyers and dairy processors has suggested that the likes of Costa and Starbucks need to pay more for their milk. In a comment piece for the Daily Telegraph today, Mark Allen, chief executive [...]
WHEN IT COMES to food-on-the-go, quality is what people want, according to new research by Horizons. The latest Ones to Watch report shows that the focus remains on established favourites, such as burgers and hot dogs, but with a gourmet edge. Healthy eating [...]
WATER FLOWS through foodservice operations like there is no tomorrow and if we carry on the way we are there wont be. But dont worry, help is at hand to stem the flow. Nick Hughes reports. The complex and fragmented nature of the foodservice industry means that a businesss water footprint is much more than [...]
My viewpoint
By footprint on February 6, 2013
Published in: Comment and tagged Amazon, Caffe Nero, Caffeine and Co, Google, Phil Howells, Starbucks.
STARBUCKS MIGHT have got the (unwanted) headlines, but independent coffee shops are very much part of one of the UK’s biggest news stories of 2012. phil howells, who part-owns the Manchester coffee shop Caffeine and Co, says it could be the start of a revolution. [...]