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%. [...]
United against Waste
THE LONG-AWAITED voluntary agreement on waste for the hospitality sector looking more likely to be end of June with many more hurdles to overcome. A progress report of the Governments waste review 2011 stated that development of the so-called Hospitality and Food Service Agreement [...]
Household food waste has fallen by 13%, but the UK is still throwing away £12bn of edible food. Since 2006/07, household food waste has fallen from 8.3 million tonnes to 7.2 million tonnes a year. However, the vast amounts of edible food waste ending up in bins leaves a big job to be done. The [...]
Forget the iPhone 4, doggie boxes are the most popular innovation if youre in foodservice. The specially-designed boxes are part of the Too good to waste campaign (http://www.toogood-towaste.co.uk/), which is helping restaurants cut waste by allowing customers to take leftovers home with them. According to the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA), all 25,000 of the boxes [...]
FootprintComment: Tracey Rogers of UFS talks about food waste
By footprint on September 17, 2012
Published in: Brand News, Comment, Foodservice News and tagged BaxterStorey, ChU, Elior, Foodservice Footprint, Frimley Hall Hotel Camberley, ISS Food & Hospitality, Kings Valley Hotel Galway, Unilever Food Solutions, United against Waste, Wise Up Against Waste, WRAP.
ONE YEAR on, Tracey Rogers, managing director of Unilever Food Solutions comments exclusively to FoodserviceFootprint.com about the impact of United Against Waste. A year ago we called upon the industry to unite to tackle the issue of avoidable food waste, as part of our United [...]