James Smith bought the Owlet Fruit Juice business as the perfect complement to his fifth-generation, family-run fruit farm at Loddington, where he has implemented a regenerative agriculture strategy. Now managing director of Owlet, which produces a range of single-variety English apple juices together with original blends of fruits, berries and flowers, James explains the synergy…

Whitbread is the UK’s largest operator of hotels and restaurants. The FTSE100 company’s well-loved brands include Premier Inn, Hub by Premier Inn, Zip, Beefeater, Bar and Block, Table Table, Cookhouse and Pub, Brewers Fayre and Thyme. Yvonne, tell us about Whitbread’s approach to corporate social responsibility and where water fits into this. At Whitbread, we’ve…

by Anastasia Sousanoglou, Water Strategy Manager at Waterscan “If you want to make progress on global challenges, start with water”, advised the World Economic Forum (WEF) while setting its agenda for this year’s Davos summit. ‘Hang on!’, we hear you cry. ‘We were finally getting somewhere with regard to our plastics and net zero targets…

Nestlé Professional is proud to announce the finalists of this year’s Toque d'Or® Competition. After a fantastic Heat, which saw a massive 112 Back and Front of House students, apprentices and young professionals from across the country battle it out in a virtual competition, the field has been narrowed to just 12 finalists. Three Back…

As pubs re-open after lockdown, consumers can now seek out public houses serving sustainable Green Pints in their area With 15 million pints set to have been drunk during the opening week, Brits could be drinking a sustainable pint and helping the environment without even knowing itThanks to Green Pint Pubs, consumers can now choose…

The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company and Unilever have joined the Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) 100+ Accelerator to fund and pilot sustainable innovation in supply chains. Launched in 2018, the 100+ Accelerator is a global incubator program that works to solve supply chain challenges across water stewardship, circular economy, sustainable agriculture and climate action. Over the…

A debate about the future of hospitality supply in the post-Covid era by David Read of Prestige Purchasing This week we have published a White Paper called SUPPLY MATTERS. We want it to signpost a radical new agenda for the supply of food and drink to the Hospitality sector, with the aim of encouraging debate…

Brakes, the UK’s leading foodservice wholesaler, has launched a wide-reaching new campaign designed to help get hospitality customers back on their feet, once able to reopen after the current nationwide lockdown. The campaign is the most extensive Brakes has ever run, and was informed by extensive research into what matters most to hospitality customers. It…

Molson Coors Beverage Company, maker of Carling, the UK’s number one lager, as well as the iconic Coors, Doom Bar and Aspall Cyder, has become the first major brewer in the UK to produce all of its beers and ciders using 100% renewable electricity. The business has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with RWE,…