Costa is among the businesses piloting a new label that scores products on their environmental impact. Will the concept stick? David Burrows reports. WHAT’S HAPPENED? There’s a new eco label in town – and it could prove to be a seminal moment for the food sector. The front-of-pack environmental ‘score’, launched by a new non-profit…

Voluntary reformulation is proving more effective than government figures suggest. But only just. Nick Hughes reports. Food businesses have taken plenty of flack in recent times for their action on sugar – or lack thereof – so the emergence of new data that paints a more positive picture of industry progress will be welcomed by…

Food businesses rely heavily on flexible plastics but is enough being done to recycle them? By David Burrows. When it comes to plastics, the softer they get the harder they are to recycle. And that presents a major issue for the food sector, which relies heavily on this lightweight packaging. A quarter of all consumer…

Caterers and campaigners want a more sustainable model for public procurement but are politicians equally hungry for change? Nick Hughes reports. As the foodservice sector begins the long road to recovery from coronavirus now might seem the wrong time to be tinkering with rules over public procurement. But leaving covid-19 aside for a moment, there…

Caterers and high street chains are enticing people back out with top quality coffee. But a warming planet could make a decent cup of Joe harder to find. David Burrows reports. “Everyone is missing coffee culture,” Adrian Evans, Sodexo food transformation director, said to me during a chat last year. At the time the pandemic…