Healthy eating

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Food group set up to remove bad food from Scottish menus

Bowl of chipsAn expert group has been set up in a bid to help remove badly cooked food from Scottish menus, reports the Sunday Herald.
Posted: 02 January 2007 | 16:22

Kuwaiti healthy-eating cafés plan

A Kuwait-based food service group has earmarked £30m for a foray into the UK restaurant market.
Posted: 22 December 2006 | 10:00

Grease interceptors to be fitted in all restaurants

A Dartford MP has tabled an early day motion calling for grease interceptors to be fitted at all restaurants and fast-food outlets by law.
Posted: 13 December 2006 | 11:00

Soil Association wins £17m grant to fund work on better school food

schoolgirl eating mealThe Soil Association (SA) and partners have won a £17m lottery grant, which will allow them to continue their work promoting better diets in schools.
Posted: 12 December 2006 | 14:00

New York City health officials ban trans-fats in restaurants

burger and chipsNew York City health officials have voted to ban unhealthy trans-fats from use in the city’s restaurants.
Posted: 06 December 2006 | 10:32

What does the future hold for school meals?

school girl with school dinnerAs the school meals sector struggles to find its feet after decades of underinvestment and the seismic shift triggered by Jamie Oliver, Tom Bill asks five industry experts some difficult questions about its future
Posted: 30 November 2006 | 00:00

We were doing it before Jamie

Further to your Table Talk piece (Caterer, 2 November, page 14) concerning alleged financial dealings between Jamie Oliver and me, what I actually said when you were enquiring about possible links between us was that there was one very tenuous link - my sister-in-law Cassie Hunt (not my wife) was at school with Jamie's sister. You seemed to imply that as a contract caterer I should be towing the line in terms of holding Jamie in some form of contempt, as if he is somehow responsible for the dismal way many organisations have failed to step up to the challenge of providing appealing, healthy meals in schools. We are not one of those companies. The kids love our food at every site we run, which has led to significant sales increases across the board without selling a chip, burger, soft drink or a cup of coffee. Every time we attend a school open evening or parents' evening with a current or prospective client, the parents always enquire whether these are Jamie
Posted: 29 November 2006 | 00:00

Poorer kids reject new school menus

dinner ladiesA clear class divide is emerging in the school meals market, with caterers losing more money in working-class than middle-class areas, a Caterer investigation has revealed.
Posted: 23 November 2006 | 10:30

Fast-food ads banned from children's magazines

Fast-food operators will be banned from advertising in children's magazines as well as during television programmes aimed at the young, as part of the drive to reduce childhood obesity.
Posted: 23 November 2006 | 00:00

Pub in Jamie Oliver's TV show in permanent switch to school meals

The Lincolnshire pub that began providing school meals as an experiment in Jamie Oliver's last TV programme has moved into the education market full-time, Caterer can reveal.
Posted: 23 November 2006 | 00:00

Heart Attack Grill launches Quadruple Bypass Burger

Quadruple Bypass BurgerArizona fast-food restaurant, Heart Attack Grill, has cooked up its most challenging menu item yet, the Quadruple Bypass Burger.
Posted: 20 November 2006 | 12:05

MPs call Government to introduce care home food standards

care home An early day motion signed by17 MPs has called on the Government to introduce “enforceable standards” for care home food.
Posted: 17 November 2006 | 08:30

Fast-food customers opt for healthier option, says survey

Fast-food customers are turning their noses up at unhealthy menus, according to a survey by market research group Key Note.
Posted: 14 November 2006 | 14:39

McDonald's to reduce the amount of trans fats in its products

McDonald'sMcDonald's has unveiled plans to reduce the amount of potentially harmful trans fats in products it sells in the UK.
Posted: 13 November 2006 | 16:00

School meals uptake falls by up to 25% in Essex town

school dinnersA quarter of pupils at schools in Redbridge, Essex, have turned their noses up at healthier school meals, according to caterer Eden Foodservice.
Posted: 10 November 2006 | 11:05

Prue Leith named as new chair of the School Food Trust

School girl with school mealPrue Leith OBE was today named the new chair of the School Food Trust by education and skills minister Alan Johnson.
Posted: 09 November 2006 | 14:00

Inside kitchens: equipment for frying

From inefficient oil filtering and unhealthy contaminants to personnel hazards and responsible oil disposal, plenty of concerns confront caterers buying and using deep-fat fryers. Bruce Whitehall asks suppliers for their views on the best options for improved frying management
Posted: 09 November 2006 | 00:00

Which? report is inaccurate, says HCA

A Which? report into the quality of hospital food paints a distorted and inaccurate picture, according to the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA).
Posted: 09 November 2006 | 00:00

School meals service holds key to future

School meals are our only hope to save the nation, says Adam Starkey, managing director of education food supply specialist Green Gourmet
Posted: 09 November 2006 | 00:00

Children's food campaigners complain about manly burger ad

Burger KingThe Children's Food Campaign, Sustain has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about Burger King's new TV advert for its XL Double Whopper.
Posted: 07 November 2006 | 09:46

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