Foodservice News and Information

  • Long-term growth for foodservice expected

    THE UK’s foodservice sector will experience long-term growth now the worst of the recession is over, although it will take at least until 2016 to return to food sales levels of 2007.   That’s the prediction of Horizons managing director… Read More

  • Kids reveal all on school meals

    A FIFTH OF school children think their dinners are not up to scratch. A similar number also say the meals could be healthier and want to see more fruit and salad on menus.   However, more than 40% are very… Read More

  • Sustainable fishing standard attacked by scientists

    ONE OF THE world’s best-known sustainability standards has been criticised by academics for being “too lenient”.                     A team of researchers analysed the formal objections that have been made to the… Read More

  • NFU chief attacks “hypocritical” government buying standards

    THE NFU has long fought for better relationships between retailers and farmers, but its president also has the government’s buying practices in his sights.   In an exclusive interview, published in April’s Footprint, Peter Kendall refers to food procurement within… Read More

  • Sodexo’s new eco-vehicles

    SODEXO HAS increased the number of electric vehicles in its fleet to 18.                   Four new Renault Kangoo vans, which are noise and C02 emissions-free, have been leased to transport staff and… Read More

  • Thousands more jobs in hospitality

    THE HOSPITALITY sector looks set to generate thousands more jobs as Pret A Manger and Whitbread both publish ambitious expansion plans.   Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn and Costa, announced an increase in like for like sales of 3.7% and… Read More

  • Advertising laws still too soft on junk foods

    RULES DESIGNED to clamp down on online advertising  junk food to children have been slammed.   Two years on from extending the non-broadcast advertising rules to cover websites and social media, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is failing children. Food… Read More

  • Caterers criticised over horse meat

    CATERERS HAVE again come under fire for their part in the horse meat scandal.   Lord Haskins, the former boss at Northern Foods, said caterers had “pretty haphazard” systems in place to manage their supply chains.   Speaking at the… Read More

  • Children taught benefits of eating fish

    A NEW PROGRAMME to educate children about the benefits of eating fish has been launched.                   The initiative, run by Seafish and industry partners including Young’s Seafood, has been designed to encourage… Read More

  • H&W of food sector to be mapped

    THE HEALTH and wellbeing of the UK’S food and drink sector staff is to be evaluated, and then compared with other sectors.   iGlobalWellness, which provides corporate health and wellness programmes, is launching the “Food & Drink sector Stay Active… Read More