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  • Sustainable Diets

    ENCOURAGING CONSUMERS to adopt sustainable diets is important for health, environmental and social reasons. But there is difficulty in defining what such a diet is and how to communicate this to the consumer in a way they can engage with… Read More

  • FootprintComment: Beware of portion distortion

    Peter Grove, organiser of National Eating Out/In Week, explains the beauty of diversity but warns of our tendency to over-feed.   NATIONAL EATING Out/In Week took place to celebrate the diversity of international cuisines in Britain and raise money for… Read More

  • FootprintComment: What price for energy efficiency?

    GRAM UK’s Glenn Roberts outlines the findings of the company’s 2012 survey.                   “THE GREEN Paper 2012 revealed that in 2010, 64% of respondents wanted to be greener, but in 2012 that… Read More

  • Hippocrates: Organisations are what they eat

    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… Read More

  • Information, Information, Information

    AS The Nation gets chubbier, more and more companies are pledging to provide facts about how (un)healthy their food is. But do diners need or want them?   Albert Einstein once said that “the devil has put a penalty on… Read More

  • Fair pricing in foodservice

    CH&Co’s Caroline Fry explains why she supports the idea of a fair price for dairy farmers, but it’s not always easy.   When the recent media interest in the price paid to dairy farmers threw an unflattering spotlight on the… Read More

  • FootprintComment: Tracey Rogers of UFS talks about food waste

    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… Read More

  • Why food companies need to support climate change adaption

    September’s Foodservice Footprint will reveal the findings of a new government report showing that businesses are slow in adapting to climate change – especially the opportunities it provides. Here, Jessica Frank, climate change project manager at Twin, explains why adaptation… Read More

  • Balancing the nutrition, health and wellness equation

    THE MAJORITY of consumers today are well aware of the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle but, when it comes to the question of nutrition and health, one has to wonder whether we are equally cognisant of just how important… Read More

  • FootprintComment: Responsibility deals are more than ‘ticking boxes’

    John Bennett, BaxterStorey co-chief executive, discusses the new salt pledges announced last week for caterers.                           THE SPOTLIGHT is firmly on Britain’s eating habits at the moment, so it’s… Read More