Category: News
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The Green Gauge: Guardians of Grub- Crusade to Beat Food Waste
Campaigners are on a crusade to tackle nearly £3billion of food thrown away by the hospitality and foodservice sector. The Guardians of Grub campaign has been developed by WRAP, as part of an ambitious plan to cut food waste from farm to fork. Its aim is to empower professionals across the foodservice industry to reduce…
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Catergory Focus: Tiers & Tiffin
Innovative ideas to maximise the Afternoon Tea Week opportunity Afternoon Tea Week takes place from August 12-18, offering an ideal opportunity to promote and showcase your offering. This national institution dates back to the early 1840s, when it evolved as a mini meal to fill the gap and stem the hunger of the evening meal.…
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How to ensure your hotel breakfasts rise to the occasion
With so many hotels across the UK and Ireland, the quality of your breakfast is often what makes you stand out – and attract repeat custom. And with 51% of hotels classed as independents (as opposed to being part of branded chains), the first meal of the day offers a glorious opportunity to shine and…
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How Restaurants Can Meet Government Targets to Cut Calories by 20%
By Emma Brown (MSc Human Nutrition), nutritionist for calorie experts Nutracheck www.nutracheck.co.uk Restaurant meals and foods eaten ‘on the go’ are often much higher in calories when compared to their ‘homemade’ counterparts, so this reduction seems to me to be absolutely essential! With this in mind, the government has requested that UK eateries – which include…
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Cambridge Uni joins the swarm of interest in insects
Buffalo worm and cricket falafel feature on the menu at the first University of Cambridge insect-based Formal Hall As part of their commitment to sustainability, the University of Cambridge Catering Manager’s Committee (CMC) has hosted a unique event to embrace entomophagy – the practice of eating insects. The ‘Formal Hall’, as the name suggests, was…
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How to promote your business at a Food Festival
By Richard Cutmore, director at TFH Gazebos https://www.tfhgazebos.co.uk/ Food festivals present a unique marketing opportunity for catering businesses and small retailers, because they expose you to your exact target audience: foodies. However, the downside is that you’ll be given a festival plot among similar companies that have the same goals as you. This means you…
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Service With(out) a Smile?’
A “disproportionate” number of hospitality workers suffer with mental health problems, according to a new report by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). ‘Service With(out) a Smile?’ looks at the mental health of hospitality workers and found that 81% of UK chefs have experienced poor mental health during their careers. The new research claims…
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School lunches- LIVESTREAMED
School caterers (and parents) are always looking for ways to entice children to try new things – and a school federation in east London has come up with a very innovative and hugely successful approach. The New Wave Federation comprises three primary schools in Hackney, and their catering teams prepare meals for over 1,000 hungry…
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Category Focus: Tee-Totally Terrific
Quenching demand for grown up soft drinks According to the Office for National Statistics, a whopping 20.4% of the population claim to be teetotal – that’s approximately 10.4million people. A large proportion of these alcohol avoiders are Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) – and many are also turning their backs on traditional ‘pop’ and…
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The Melting Pot: The New Wave of Sustainable Seafood
Seafood of all kinds will continue to appear on menus over the next few years driven heavily by consumers’ increased focus on reducing meat consumption, not forgetting the well-known health benefits ticking amajor box for customers across all sectors. That said, consumers are increasingly concerned about sustainability and the environment, and this extends to their…