Foodservice News and Information
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The Friday Digest: Has Yum’s appetite for net-zero waned?
Let’s start with Yum! – a company for which there is good news and bad in this week’s Digest. Which do you want first? Ok, so the good news is that the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut appears to… Read More
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MP to lead review of food procurement
The UK Government has commissioned an independent review of food procurement in the public sector as part of a fresh push to improve standards. The review will be carried out by Conservative MP Will Quince who worked in the food… Read More
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Research into carbon negative attributes of mushroom-forestry system
Scientists at the University of Stirling are hoping to develop a new carbon negative food source in a trial involving trees and mushrooms. Previous research by experts at the University of Stirling found planting fungi with trees to create protein-rich mushrooms can… Read More
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The Friday Digest: Doubts over DRS after reports of more delays
“Yet another Budget that largely ignores the dangers of climate breakdown, and yet another missed opportunity to properly invest in building a strong, clean and prosperous future.” Friends of the Earth head of policy Mike Childs pretty much wraps up our… Read More
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Net-zero disclosures improve but US food firms lack transition plans
US food and foodservice companies are making “measured” progress on climate reporting and target setting but details of how companies will transition to align with net-zero remain sparse. Ceres’ Food Emissions 50 Company Benchmark showed that 37 out of the 50 companies engaged… Read More
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Consumers supporting ‘local’ drive indy coffee shop growth
The UK’s independent coffee shop market grew 2.2% in the last 12 months to reach an estimated 12,212 outlets. World Coffee Portal research also indicates the overall value of the UK independent coffee shop market withstood rising costs and tightened… Read More
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Compass publishes first climate transition plan
Compass Group UK & Ireland has reported a near 10% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes in the past four years as it published what it described as the largest food and drink carbon impact assessment undertaken and… Read More
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Don’t say cheeze
Supporters of plant-based foods have made a last ditch attempt to prevent new guidance potentially banning some of the terms they use to help market their products. The guidance, drawn up by a group called the Food Standards & Information… Read More
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UK “falling behind” Europe on regulating farm antibiotic use
Campaigners are calling on the Westminster government to deliver on a 2018 commitment to ban the use of prophylactic antibiotic treatments of groups of farm animals, as the EU did in 2022, and to prioritise better husbandry standards. A new report from… Read More
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Calorie reduction programme shows limited progress
A flagship government reformulation programme has failed to reduce the amount of calories in everyday foods with many categories seeing an increase in calorie content over the course of the assessment period. Data for the government’s calorie reduction programme found that… Read More