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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Dec- 2018 -5 DecemberFeatures
Five eating out trends to watch in 2019
Global information company The NPD Group has identified five new trends that will shape Britain’s £56bn out-of-home (OOH) foodservice industry in 2019. 1 – Delivery aggregators will thrive as consumers cocoon themselves indoors Driven by technology, the rise in in-home entertainment subscription services like Netflix and Amazon Prime and a desire to…
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3 DecemberOpinion
Following the success of Hygge or Lagom…businesses should now follow the mantra of Prajāva
The Swedish lifestyle concept has become big news in recent years. First Hygge (cosy) and then Lagom (just enough) have become massively popular, even boosting Sweden to the Top 10 ranking in the World Happiness Report. This got me thinking – what international concept would most benefit the business world…
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Nov- 2018 -19 NovemberAdvice
Food waste in the hospitality sector
Barely a day goes by where the plight of our planet isn’t in the news. Plastic is suffocating the sea, rubbish is piling up on the land – slowly, we’re making improvements, but how far do these improvements currently stretch? In particular, food waste is being spotlighted as a problematic…
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6 NovemberFeatures
The Flexitarian Diet
It was Dawn Jackson Blatner’s blockbuster recipe book, The Flexitarian Diet, that began to turn heads around the globe in its simple approach to sustainable and healthy eating. Although the word flexitarian, a combination of vegetarian and flexible, was announced by the American Dialect Society as the “most useful word…
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Oct- 2018 -24 OctoberBusiness
GBK enters CVA
GBK has announced it is to enter a CVA this afternoon (24 October) following the appointment of Deloitte in September to oversee a restructuring of the business. In an announcement, Famous Brands, the South African restaurant chain’s owners said: “The CVA process has the objective to ensure financial viability and…
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3 OctoberAdvice
Catering for active lifestyles
It’s no secret that people are becoming more health-conscious. And with many businesses now recognising the positive impact that a healthy team can have on the business, on-site exercise facilities are becoming a common feature in the modern workplace. This positive shift toward healthier choices presents an opportunity for caterers…
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1 OctoberFood and Drink
InterContinental London’s O2 branch to source all produce locally
Intercontinental Hotels Group’s (IHG) London O2 branch is to source all produce for its Market Brasserie restaurant locally via a new rooftop garden. The hotel chain has recently introduced initiatives to redefine and enhance the Market Brasserie restaurant experience, focusing on locally sourced British produce. The chain claims the rooftop…
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Sep- 2018 -26 SeptemberAwards & Events
New award created in memory of tragic Masterchef semi-finalist
The Craft Guild of Chefs has introduced a new award created in memory of MasterChef: The Professionals semi-finalist, Matt Campbell, who died running the London Marathon in April. Next week the Craft Guild of Chefs will reveal the winner of The National Chef of the Year award and when judging…
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21 SeptemberOpinion
Brexit, inflation and coffee: what does the future hold?
It’s fair to say that the news at the moment is pretty bleak. A US president who seems hell bent on insulting every person or group he comes into contact with, a hefty divorce bill from the EU and a depressing economic outlook – at the moment, it feels that there is…
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11 SeptemberFeatures
2018’s coffee trends – ridiculous or rational?
The UK is obsessed with coffee. We drink 95 million cups every day, which is almost 30 million more cups of coffee than people. That figure has rocketed in the last 10 years, so what is it that’s driving us to coffee? Well it turns out that it’s so much…
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