Sustainability
Our coverage of how restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, and catering companies are responding to environmental expectations from customers, regulators, and stakeholders. Whether you’re building a greener supply chain, switching to low-impact ingredients, or tracking sector benchmarks, we deliver reporting that connects sustainability to the realities of foodservice operations. Expect case studies, policy updates, and commercial insight tailored to operators and F&B leaders.
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Apr- 2023 -13 AprilNews
AiP secures over £3m in school meals contracts
Alliance in Partnership (AiP), specialists in education catering, has recently secured £3.6m in new and retained contracts since the beginning of the academic year. The new contracts comprise a total of 28 schools, including seven in Staffordshire, six schools in Aylesbury, nine in Worcestershire, two in Gloucester, three in Derby…
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12 AprilNews
BaxterStorey secures new catering contract at Goldsmiths University
BaxterStorey has signed a new catering contract with Goldsmiths, University of London, in a bid to provide students and staff with a “healthy and sustainable food offering”. The catering company has also committed to transforming the on-campus provision to ensure carbon neutral menus by 2025. It said that the new…
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3 AprilFeatures
Adebola Adeshina: ‘If I wouldn’t eat it, why would I serve it?’
Can you tell me about your journey as chef patron at Chubby Castor? So it all started happening in 2017 when I was looking for a site, my agent called me and said he had a place for me in a village called Castor. So I went there and met…
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Mar- 2023 -27 MarchApps & Technology
Deliveroo launches new training academy
Deliveroo has launched a new training academy to help small and medium-sized restaurants across the UK access expert advice and valuable training and skills opportunities. The academy offers courses tailored for restaurants including hiring talent, digital marketing, social media, sustainability and managing finances. The academy will be run in partnership…
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15 MarchRestaurants
Roots and Seeds Kitchen Garden to open in Gloucestershire
Roots and Seeds Kitchen Garden has announced its opening at The Old Kennels in Cirencester, Gloucestershire on 7 April 2023. The new restaurant is an all-day cafe restaurant with its own on-site kitchen garden and a newly-built dining space with 54 covers. Head chef, Sam Idione, will showcase Cotswolds artisan…
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9 MarchRestaurants
Mallow to open second site in Canary Wharf this June
Plant-based restaurant, Mallow, has announced its plans to open a second location in Canary Wharf in June 2023 after first opening in Borough Market in November 2021. The new venue will be located in Wood Wharf in the centre of Canary Wharf and will serve up to 150 covers, 100…
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Feb- 2023 -27 FebruaryTrade Associations
UKH Scotland calls for pause and review of deposit return scheme
UKHospitality Scotland is calling for the immediate pause and review of the deposit return scheme, citing that it is “marred” by insufficient preparation. The news comes as Scotland is now in the middle of a leadership contest to find a replacement for Nicola Sturgeon, as UKH urges all candidates to…
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24 FebruaryBreweries and Distilleries
Breweries spending extra £21m on packaging costs
Brewers have faced a 111% increase in packaging recycling costs in the past year, with further increases likely unless reforms are implemented, the BBPA has warned. The rising costs are due to the “rocketing” price of Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs), a certificate producers must buy to prove the equivalent amount…
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23 FebruaryPeople
KFC UK&I appoints interim CMO
KFC UK&I has appointed chief corporate affairs and sustainability officer Jenny Packwood as its interim CMO. In addition to her current duties, she will hold the role as the group looks for a permanent replacement for Jack Hinchliffe. It comes as Hinchliffe, the former CMO for KFC UK&I, has moved…
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23 FebruaryRestaurants
Macellaio on Union Street rebrands to Osteriadel Macellaio
London-based Italian restaurant, Macellaio RC on Union Street, is rebranding to Osteriadel Macellaio, a restaurant serving wine and “simple, yet delicious” Italian food from this month. The rebranding of the restaurant comes as the venue wishes to offer a new sustainable menu, using all parts of the cow cooked by…
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