Out of Home News Analysis
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Time to come clean about waste
Wrap’s latest update shows just one foodservice operator is making public its food waste data. David Burrows reports. WHAT’S NEW? Burger King UK, McDonald’s UK and Pret have signed up to the food waste reduction roadmap. They were among 11… Read More
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Hope amid the despair
The hospitality sector has launched a new initiative to help displaced contract catering workers get back on their feet. Nick Hughes reports. These are perilous times for the hospitality sector. Last week, a group of trade bodies warned that 23%… Read More
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Has industry lost taste for salt goals?
Generous targets, mixed progress and variable engagement across the out of home sector leave salt reduction targets far from licked. Nick Hughes reports. Have salt reduction efforts hit the buffers? Fourteen years after the first set of UK targets were… Read More
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Hugh’s plastic show can’t go on
The campaigner’s latest waste crusade could have been probing and progressive but ended up being pretty pointless. By David Burrows. “There’s nothing more pointless than plastic packaging that gets used only once but won’t decompose for hundreds of years,” said… Read More
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Johnson’s halfway house helps no-one
New restrictions to curb the surge in covid-19 cases are needed, but is it fair to point the finger at hospitality? By David Burrows. “Whack a mole isn’t working so they decided to whack an entire industry.” London Union co-founder… Read More
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Are new calorie targets an empty threat?
PHE has published demanding new guidelines for calorie reduction, but with the body due to be axed and targets still voluntary will businesses take them seriously? Nick Hughes reports. In March 2018, PHE published a paper which challenged all sectors… Read More
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We need to talk about nitrogen
The Soil Association has called for action to tackle the “overlooked” greenhouse gas that also causes harm to human health. Foodservice operators have a role to play, as Nick Hughes reports. Isn’t nitrogen essential to life on earth? It certainly… Read More
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REVELATIONS AND REUSABLES
Starbucks and McDonald’s reveal their packaging footprints with the latter also announcing a major new cup deposit and return trial in the UK. By David Burrows. During interviews for last year’s Footprint packaging report with BaxterStorey, high street foodservice brands… Read More
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Foodservice must brace itself for further meat scrutiny
The provenance of meat is on the minds of public and politicians but a Footprint survey shows many companies are afraid to open up. By Nick Hughes and David Burrows. There are, broadly speaking, two ways to look at the… Read More
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Foodservice leaves door ajar to US meat
Foodservice and hospitality brands say they will shun US meat unless it is produced to domestic standards, as an exclusive Footprint survey reveals dramatic differences in the amount of meat sourced from within the UK and Ireland. By David Burrows… Read More