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Foodservice News Analysis Unleashing the potential of your data
Extracting full value from the abundance of data businesses generate can be a costly, time-consuming and overwhelming exercise, but the potential financial and ethical benefits are considerable, writes Nick Hughes....
Foodservice News Analysis , Health and Vitality Extra powers needed to halt surge in “unhealthy” takeaways
New planning policies are needed to restrict the growth of hot food takeaways, according to a new report. Sustain’s analysis found that McDonald’s and KFC are eyeing up 800 new...
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Foodservice industry news , Foodservice News and Information Food brands sign up to refill pilot
High street brands including Leon and Costa have signed up to a new pilot which will highlight outlets where customers can purchase food and drink in reusable containers. The pilot...
Foodservice industry news , Foodservice News and Information Burger King to launch plant-based patty
Unilever has struck a deal with Burger King to supply its first plant-based burger for the UK market. The new Rebel Whopper will be made by The Vegetarian Butcher, the...
Foodservice industry news , Foodservice News and Information Just Eat steps up trial of seaweed sachets
Just Eat has partnered with the Hellmann’s brand to extend its trial of Notpla’s biodegradable seaweed sauce sachets. More than 60 Just Eat restaurant partners in London have replaced single-use...
Drinks Sector News The Absolut Company joins forces with The Coca-Cola Company, Carlsberg and L’Oréal to advance sustainable progress in the bottling industry
The project is an initiative to build a global community of industry leaders united in the goal of creating a fully bio-based and recyclable paper bottle. To further sustainable innovation within the bottling industry, The...
Drinks Sector News , Health and Vitality Children call for widespread alcohol advertising bans
Marketing of alcoholic drinks needs to be restricted, including at sporting events and on holiday, according to research conducted by children. Members of the Children’s Parliament in Scotland found that...
Drinks Sector News The drinks sector’s responsible business elite celebrated at Footprint Drinks Sustainability Awards
Launching last night, the Footprint Drinks Sustainability Awards brought together the great and good of the drinks supply chain to celebrate excellence in sustainable business practice. Hosted at RIBA The...
Grocery industry sector news updates Food bank usage soars to record levels
More people than ever are relying on food banks to feed themselves, according to new figures from the Trussell Trust. The charity gave out over 820,000 emergency three-day food parcels...
Grocery industry sector news updates Vegan, seagan and flexitarian diets on the rise
Sales of vegan ready-meals have overtaken vegetarian ones for the first time and more and more people are adopting “seagan” – vegan plus seafood – diets, according to this year’s...
Foodservice News Analysis , Next Green Thing The Next Green Thing: Seaweed
Did you know that feeding seaweed to cattle and sheep can significantly cut the emissions of the greenhouse gas methane – a by-product of the animals’ burping? Nick Hughes explains…...
Foodservice News Analysis , Green Scene , Green Scene Analysis: Mind the emissions gap – why now is the time to act
The latest UN report shows that climate action is lagging well behind what’s needed. Countries must get serious, say experts at the World Resources Institute. The UN’s annual Emissions Gap...
Numbers you need to know Foodservice prices falling as inflationary pressures ease
New edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals a month-on-month drop in prices in eight of ten food and drink categories in September 2019. Foodservice prices may be...
Political Print Plastic tax gets green light
The government has reiterated plans to charge for single-use plastic items as part of package of measures to tackle waste set out in the Queen’s Speech. Plans to extend producer...
Behind the Headlines , Foodservice News Analysis Unpacking the problem with life cycle analyses
Companies are desperate to understand which packaging materials have the lowest environmental impact, but are life cycle analyses being manipulated and misused to present skewed results? By David Burrows Huhtamaki’s...
Foodservice Industry Briefing , Foodservice News Analysis Eating Better targets 50% chop in meat consumption
The ambitious goal, to be achieved by 2030, would represent the most radical shift in diets since the Second World War, writes Nick Hughes From cutting sugar to ditching plastics,...
Foodservice News Analysis , Waste Watch Plastics Package: No time for toying around
This month’s package is committed to reduction (and is doing it for the kids) Schools have all shut up shop for the summer holidays, leaving many parents facing a rollercoaster...
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Extra powers needed to halt surge in “unhealthy” takeaways
New planning policies are needed to restrict the growth of hot food takeaways, according to a new report. Sustain’s analysis found that McDonald’s and KFC are eyeing up 800 new...
My Viewpoint Eating up the planet – how our food system needs urgent change to protect the environment
David Read, Chairman and Founder of Prestige Purchasing thinks we all have a critical role in building a better food system. In the middle of what is perhaps the biggest...
Comment Opinion: the only way to tackle sugar reduction
Progress towards the 20% by 2020 sugar reduction target has been painfully slow. Sara Petersson suggests a way forward. The food industry has not come close to the 2020 sugar...
Comment A measure of progress
Introducing metrics for assessing the food industry as it moves towards delivering sustainable and healthy diets would be in investors’ interests, writes Will Nicholson, project lead at Plating up Progress....
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Food service industry event reports , Foodservice industry news , Foodservice News and Information Footprint, Sodexo & PHE host roundtable event to discuss the government’s approach to childhood obesity
Footprint, Sodexo & Public Health England (PHE) hosted a roundtable event and to discuss the reduction and reformulation agenda for food suppliers in the UK. PHE presented the government’s plans to...
Food service industry event reports Key learnings from Health & Vitality 2019
Nudges, nutrition, and the need for urgent action: key learnings from the 2019 Health and Vitality Honours. Amy Fetzer reports You could feel it in the air: the change in...
Foodservice News Analysis , Interviews: Foodservice professionals Henry Dimbleby: a man with a plan
The Leon co-founder and author of the School Food Plan has been tasked with leading the development of England’s first National Food Strategy in 75 years. He talks to Nick...
Interviews: Foodservice professionals The pros and cons of climate labels
A universally supported and adopted climate label for food could do great things, but it won’t be easy to set up, says Sarahjane Widdowson of Ricardo Energy & Environment in...
Interviews: Foodservice professionals Global drinks sector player embraces social sustainability
As the judging for the inaugural Footprint Drinks Sustainability Awards gets underway, Footprint caught up with Malin Stålnacke, Global Sustainability Manager at Pernod Ricard's Kahlúa to talk about their pledge...
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Intelligence , Research Footprint intelligence
Market research exists to guide your brand by giving you insight to your competitors, your markets, your own products and its perceptions, the effectiveness of your marketing, your costumers, trends...
Reports The future of foodservice packaging
It gives us great pleasure to introduce The future of foodservice packaging report. The sustainability of packaging is one of the most pressing issues faced by the foodservice and hospitality...
Analysis , Foodservice News Analysis How Facebook’s big data could be harnessed for good
The Cambridge Analytica scandal shouldn’t blind us to the possibility of using the platform to promote healthy living. By David Burrows. A friend messaged me last week. “Feeling rather smug...
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Best Practice Getting young people in the kitchen is an imperative
Jonathan Harvey-Barnes is Senior Development Chef at Essential Cuisine. Having started kitchen life under the tutelage of the highly respected John Williams MBE at Claridge’s in Mayfair, he spent a...
Best Practice Sodexo: first global food services company to connect its financing to action to prevent food waste
Sodexo has renewed its €1.3 billion revolving credit facility (RCF) which now incorporates a pricing adjustment based on Sodexo’s performance towards its goal to prevent 50% of the food waste...
Green Movers , People Sodexo appoints Social Impact Director
Sodexo has appointed Angela Halliday as Director of Social Impact with responsibility for driving Sodexo’s social value strategy for the UK & Ireland. As a ‘green rated’ strategic supplier to...
