Healthy eating
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There's a fast and casual food revolution taking place across the country. As this week's cover feature testifies, a growing army of small chain restaurants is taking the traditional offering of fast-food restaurants into fresh territory by offering food with personality.
Posted: 02 September 2010 | 09:41
The School Food Trust has released a new guide for new secondary school children to help them get the most out of healthy school catering. More than 12,000 pupils starting in year 7 in September across England will receive the guide...
Posted: 20 August 2010 | 15:25
The majority of hospitality operators that took part in a Food Standards Agency (FSA) trial of labelling menus with calorie information have failed to commit...
Posted: 26 July 2010 | 17:31
Sodexo has received the "healthyliving award" at an additional 31 of its sites in Scotland after demonstrating its commitment to providing healthier food options to its clients and consumers.
The sites include Strathallan School, the first independent school in Scotland to achieve the "healthyliving plus award.
Posted: 19 July 2010 | 16:12
Staff catering firm Charlton House has announced the appointment of nutritionist and award-winning journalist Amanda Ursell to act as a consultant to support...
Posted: 19 July 2010 | 16:02
Independent catering group CH&Co claims to have become the first catering company in the UK to serve pole and line-caught tuna in spring water throughout its 120 restaurants nationwide. The tuna will be served across all of its specialist catering brands, including Charlton House, Lusso, Ampersand and Chester Boyd.
Posted: 14 July 2010 | 11:04
The number of children eating school lunches in England every day has risen by almost 321,000, according to new figures. The annual survey of school lunch take-up for the 2009-10 year, carried out by the School Food Trust and the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), showed that take-up of healthy school lunches increased in both primary and secondary schools
Posted: 08 July 2010 | 15:30
Low-income families are struggling pay for healthy school meals for their children while a third of schools are still failing to comply with nutritional guidelines, according to a report by schools watchdog Oftsed.
Posted: 25 June 2010 | 17:52
An alliance of health professionals have expressed "deep concern" over the Government's decision to axe plans to extend free school meals provision to half a million primary school children from low-income families.
Posted: 22 June 2010 | 12:43
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Debt-ridden Travelodge owner could be forced to flog off assets; buyers queue up as Maybourne Group seeks debt deal; Young’s gears up for World Cup boost to business and more….
Posted: 07 June 2010 | 10:33
Forget England manager Fabio Capello, it's the team's newly appointed head chef Tim De'Ath, formerly at West Ham and one-time caterer to Hollywood stars, who is leading the national squad to victory in South Africa this summer. Rosalind Mullen reports.
Posted: 27 May 2010 | 14:27
The Government has slashed the School Food Trust’s (SFT) budget by £1m as part as part of Chancellor George Osborne’s £6.25b of immediate spending cuts to bring down the UK’s £156b deficit.
Posted: 26 May 2010 | 11:04
"Draconian" healthy eating rules are driving kids to go in search of junk food, it has been claimed. The number of children eating healthy school lunches in Glasgow has plummeted by 30,000 since national nutritional standards were introduced, according to Cordia, which provides school meals to the City Council.
Posted: 20 May 2010 | 18:08
Fresh, local ingredients could save the NHS millions of pounds, a hospital trust has claimed. Catering managers at Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre have made the switch to a menu of fresh food, sourced locally, which the Trust says represents a daily plate saving of £2.50 a day.
Posted: 14 May 2010 | 13:56
UK sales of organic food slumped by 12.9% in the last year as falling consumer demand and the toughest trading environment for 20 years took their toll. The hardest-hit organic products were fruit, vegetables, meat and bread, which have the biggest price differential...
Posted: 12 April 2010 | 10:17
Operators are delivering on demands for healthful menu options with better-for-you breakfasts. This article first appeared in the 1 March 2010 issue of Restaurants & Institutions (R&I). R&I is the USA's leading source of food and business-trend information and exclusive research ...
Posted: 05 April 2010 | 09:03
Consumers say they're ready for better-for-you food, and they're asking restaurants to help them make the right choices. This article first appeared in the 1 March 2010 issue of Restaurants & Institutions (R&I). R&I is the USA's leading source of food and business-trend information and exclusive research...
Posted: 05 April 2010 | 09:02
Acai and other superfruits add a healthful kick to drink menus. This article first appeared in the 1 March 2010 issue of Restaurants & Institutions (R&I). R&I is the USA's leading source of food and business-trend information and exclusive research on operators and restaurant patrons.
Posted: 05 April 2010 | 09:01
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal has received £200,000 compensation following a food-poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant. A young sous chef at the Tate Modern has died after suffering from tonsillitis. Nathan Laity, 23, of Penryn, Cornwall continued to work long hours...
Posted: 26 March 2010 | 17:57
Jamie Oliver was reduced to tears while filming a new show in the US when locals told him not to preach over fatty food. Oliver's new show saw him go to Huntington, West Virginia, in a bid to help the world's fattest schoolchildren, following on from his efforts to improve school meals in the UK.
Posted: 23 March 2010 | 16:03
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