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  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-38 Food chains join forces to cut sugar Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Whitbread Restaurants Wetherspoons UK Code of Broadcast Advertising Starbucks Premier Inn Pizza Hut Delivery (YUM!) Ofcom news-email Mitchells & Butlers McDonalds Kawthr Hashem Greggs Costa Committee of Advertising Practice CAP Caffe Nero British Nutrition Foundation BCAP Action on Sugar

    Food chains join forces to cut sugar

    Some of the high street’s biggest food chains have signed up to a series of new health targets including a 20% reduction in sugar by 2020. The alliance, which includes Caffè Nero, Costa, Greggs, McDonald’s and Mitchells & Butlers, has… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Coffee Costa opens huge and highly sustainable new roastery Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Dominic Paul Costa

    Costa opens huge and highly sustainable new roastery

    Costa turned on its new £38m roastery this week. The site, in Basildon, Essex, is one of the biggest coffee roasting facilities in Europe, enabling the chain to produce 45,000 tonnes of coffee a year – enough to make 2.1… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-3-e1528993281438 Costa praised for new recycling ‘racks’ Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Whitbread Starbucks recycling Paper Cups news-email McDonalds Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Friends of the Earth Costa

    Costa praised for new recycling ‘racks’

    Costa has won praise from campaigners for committing to a nationwide recycling scheme for takeaway cups. Friends of the Earth said Costa’s pledge to recycle coffee cups across its 2,000 UK stores, equating to 30m cups a year, was a… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown No plans for cup tax, says Government Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Pret A Manger news-email Costa cafe nero

    No plans for cup tax, says Government

    The Government has said it has no plans to introduce a 5p charge on disposable paper cups despite ongoing pressure from campaigners. Environment Minister, Dr Therese Coffey, suggested the Government would instead support voluntary measures by industry to increase recycling… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint P20-plastic-bags-copy “Fantastic” bag tax results put cups in spotlight Grocery sector news updates Out of Home sector news  Therese Coffey Starbucks Plastic Bags Paper Cups news-email Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall DEFRA Costa Caffe Nero

    “Fantastic” bag tax results put cups in spotlight

    England is using six billion fewer single use plastic bags since the introduction of a 5p charge. Data published by Defra over the weekend shows that over 7 billion carrier bags were issued by seven main retailers in 2014. But… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown Big players sign up to paper cup manifesto Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Starbucks Sodexo Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group news-email Nestlé McDonalds Martin Kersh FPA Foodservice Packaging Association Costa Compass

    Big players sign up to paper cup manifesto

    More than 45 companies, including major fast food chains and contract caterers, have signed a manifesto to increase the collection and recycling of paper cups. The issue was brought to the public’s attention in March 2016 through Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Novotel-1 Age no barrier to living wage Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Whitbread Starbucks Premier Inn news-email National Living Wage Costa Accor

    Age no barrier to living wage

    AccorHotels is the latest hospitality company to announce that it will go beyond the Government’s guidelines and apply the new National Living Wage to all its employees, irrespective of age. The hotel group, which employs over 5,000 people in the… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint P10 Coffee cup controversy Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Starbucks SimplyCups Paper Cups news-email Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Eunomia Costa Chris Sherrington

    Coffee cup controversy

    Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was on an espresso-fuelled rampage in the capital yesterday. In his sights were the big chain coffee shops for “misleading” messages in relation to the green credentials of the disposable cups they use. Just a day’s worth of… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Eat-Less-Salt-01-Shutter-51531748 Take voluntary deals with a pinch of salt Out of Home News Analysis  Responsibility Deal RD Jane Ellison FSA Costa CASH

    Take voluntary deals with a pinch of salt

    Did someone say it was job done on salt reduction? “The UK is among the world leaders in reducing salt. More than 70% of the retail market and 65% of big high-street restaurants and contract caterers have committed to cutting… Read More

  • Milk crisis comes to our doorsteps

    FARMERS SUFFERING from low prices have so far targeted supermarkets with their protest but foodservice firms can’t afford to ignore the issue, writes David Burrows. The milk crisis has finally spilled over into the foodservice sector. In recent weeks retail… Read More