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Spotlight on feedling the workers - Healthy eating month

staff canteenIn week three of Caterer's Healthy Eating Month, our focus is on feeding the workers. Nic Paton examines the move by contract caterers and suppliers to back a Government initiative to improve nutrition in the workplace
Posted: 15 May 2008 | 00:00

BaxterStorey loses senior Holroyd Howe director

BaxterStorey loses senior Holroyd Howe director Debi Siegenberg, who last year became Holroyd Howe’s first national sales director, has left the company following its merger with Baxter Storey owner the WSH Group.
Posted: 13 May 2008 | 07:30

How schools are tackling the challenge of the new nutritional guidelines

In week two of our Healthy Eating Month we focus on feeding the young. Janet Harmer kicks off by investigating how some schools are meeting the new Government guidelines and encouraging children to eat lunch
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 16:35

UK contract catering turnover - Industy data

Food and Service Management Survey 2007Annual turnover in the UK contract catering marketing grew by 5.5% to £3.977b in 2007.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 15:47

Number of meals served by UK contract caterers - Industry data

The number of meals served by UK contract caterers grew by 3.8% to 1.59 billion in 2007, according to the latest survey by the British Hospitality Association, with business and industry accounting for nearly 42% of the total.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 14:45

Key ratios in contract catering - Industry data

The tables below show the cost of food and labour as a percentage of turnover in the UK contract catering industry during 2007.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 12:29

Types of catering contract - Industry data

2007 continued the trend away from cost plus/management fee-based contracts towards fixed price/performance guarantee contracts.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 12:09

Number of employees in UK contract catering market - Industry data

The number of employees in the UK contract catering market (calculated as full-time equivalents) grew by 0.9% to 115,255 in 2007, up from 114,246 the previous year.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 11:18

Healthy eating round table - winning the school meals war in primary schools

As school meals providers finalise their plans for meeting the Government's new nutritional standards - due to become statutory in primary schools in September - Caterer and Hotelkeeper joined forces with apetito to bring together key stakeholders to discuss the ongoing transformation of primary school lunches. Janet Harmer reports
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 00:00

Structure of the UK contract catering market - Industry data

The number of catering outlets in the UK grew by 1.3% to 17,603 in 2007, up from 17,373 the previous year, according to the latest survey by the British Hospitality Association.
Posted: 07 May 2008 | 16:22

School meals recovery underway at primary level, say experts

school mealsLeading school meals providers and sector experts believe the worst is now over for the primary school dinners service post Jamie Oliver.
Posted: 05 May 2008 | 08:00

Industry data: Employment in the UK hospitality industry

People 1st logoThe hospitality industry in the UK employed more than 1.96 million people in 2007, according to latest Labour Force survey by People 1st, the sector skills council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism.
Posted: 30 April 2008 | 14:00

Healthier school meals jeopardised by junk food 'black market'

burgerThe Government’s Jamie Oliver inspired drive to create healthier school meals is reportedly being jeopardised by students operating a black-market trade in banned food including burgers and chocolate.
Posted: 28 April 2008 | 11:45

Talk about quality

Consumers want to know about what they're eating, so give them the full story, says Rob McFarlane, meat and poultry director, Prime Meats, Brakes Group
Posted: 24 April 2008 | 00:00

Quality before quantity

Contract caterer Vacherin has made a virtue out of picking its own way through the complex world of suppliers. Chris Druce reports
Posted: 10 April 2008 | 00:05

3663 teams up with Bibendum to launch new wine company

wine bottlesSupplier 3663 First for Foodservice has teamed up with wine merchant Bibendum to create a new joint-venture company, Vivas, to sell into the on-trade.
Posted: 04 April 2008 | 15:39

Host catering sees bright future in care homes

Jerry BrandContract caterer Host sees a bright future in care homes. Rosalind Mullen spoke to founder Jerry Brand
Posted: 04 April 2008 | 07:02

Make hospital food better

The quality of hospital food depends not just on ingredients but on timing, presentation and choice. Jackie Mitchell goes in search of the optimum hospital meal
Posted: 04 April 2008 | 07:01

Building health on food foundations

To kick off our Inside Healthcare supplement, we asked movers and shakers in the worlds of hospital and care home catering what they felt were their most significant issues. Rosalind Mullen reports
Posted: 04 April 2008 | 07:00

ISS Eaton wins £4m contract with HP UK

Hewlett Packard logoISS Eaton has landed its second major catering contract in as many months with a deal to feed UK staff for Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest PC manufacturer, Caterer can reveal.
Posted: 03 April 2008 | 11:30

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16th May 2008