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Foodservice News Analysis , Health and Vitality OOH ‘hidden sugar’ leads to calls for mandatory labelling
Another day, another analysis of the unhealthy offerings in the UK’s out of home (OOH) sector. What’s the story? Action on Sugar surveyed 191 products from restaurants, cafés and takeaways...
Foodservice News Analysis Iceland: the green hero’s halo slips
First plastics, then palm oil. But is Iceland’s shun-stuff-to-look-sustainable policy all for show? It’s record on soya suggests so, says David Burrows. In January last year Iceland committed to eliminate...
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Foodservice industry news , Foodservice News and Information Millions expected to join global strike demanding action on climate change
Adults will join young activists in more than 150 demonstrations across the UK today, September 20th, as part of the largest ever “global climate strike”. The movement, inspired by Greta...
Foodservice industry news , Foodservice News and Information Football clubs to give single-use plastic the boot
Football fans want to see single-use plastics removed from stadiums and the introduction of more returnable cup schemes. Friends of the Earth and Basis (the British Association for Sustainable Sport),...
Foodservice industry news , Foodservice News and Information Hamilton accelerates plant-based trend
Racing driver Lewis Hamilton has launched a new restaurant chain which he says will “revolutionise the way we view meat-free food”. Neat Burger will serve exclusively plant-based food and has...
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...
Drinks Sector News Brewing sector cuts carbon and water use
Total CO2 emissions from the UK’s brewing industry fell 42% between 2008 and 2018 – a reduction of 202,952 tonnes – according to new research conducted by the British Beer...
Drinks Sector News Molson Coors sets packaging carbon reduction target
Molson Coors has set a target to reduce carbon emissions from its packaging by 26% by 2025, against a 2016 baseline. “We’re working with our top 10 packaging suppliers to...
Grocery industry sector news updates Food retailers hold “clear the air” talks with government
Top executives from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Coop and other retailers have this week held meetings with the government following a row over the impact of a no-deal Brexit on food supplies....
Grocery industry sector news updates NFU demands new commission to safeguard standards
The National Farmers Union (NFU) is calling for the government to establish a new commission to ensure UK food standards are not undermined by Brexit trade deals. NFU President Minette...
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 Beverage inflation pushes Foodservice Price Index to new record high
New edition of the exclusive market measure from CGA and Prestige Purchasing also reveals that food price inflation is levelling off in the month leading up to Brexit. The CGA...
Foodservice News Analysis , Political Print Johnson’s actions speak louder than words
With there being little of substance to chew on in his first speech as the country’s PM, perhaps the key to understanding Boris Johnson’s intentions lies not in his rhetoric...
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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OOH ‘hidden sugar’ leads to calls for mandatory labelling
Another day, another analysis of the unhealthy offerings in the UK’s out of home (OOH) sector. What’s the story? Action on Sugar surveyed 191 products from restaurants, cafés and takeaways...
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 , Health and Vitality Promoting plant-based meals? Don’t forget the 80%
The two most impactful ways of reducing the footprint of our food are: reducing food waste along the whole food production and consumption chain; and consuming fewer animal products, writes...
Comment , Foodservice News Analysis Comment: The case for compostables
Responding to a recent Footprint story on the problems with compostable packaging, David Newman, of the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association, argues that it has an important role to play....
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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...
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...
Foodservice News Analysis , Interviews: Foodservice professionals Interview: Pret’s labelling leader
The high street chain has moved quickly to introduce full ingredient labelling following two allergen-related deaths. Nick Hughes reports. Tom Sugarman is reflecting candidly on how Pret A Manger has...
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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 Footprint Sustainability Trends Report 2019
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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 Did the golden era of no allergen requests and no TripAdvisor ever exist?
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 Pub group cuts 10,000 water bottles with Mr Fitz Aqua Spritz
Award winning gastropub group Whiting & Hammond is on course to remove 10,000 single use water bottles from its supply chain this year, following the installation of the Mr Fitz...
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...
