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Catering network Ethical Eats is calling on London restaurants to get involved in its Nose-to-Tail Fortnight promoting offal and lesser-known cuts of meat. The event, which will run from 30 April to 14 May, is designed to raise awareness both among chefs and consumers about unnecessary food waste.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 17:22
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to create 550 UK jobs as part of ongoing expansion plans after a year of record sales and store openings. The 286-strong chain, which launched in London in 1986, plans to open 44 stores in 2012, of which 20 will be overseas, including its first in Boston in the USA.
Posted: 03 April 2012 | 11:46
Birmingham's most environmentally-conscious restaurants were honoured at the city's third annual Green Restaurant Awards, with ChangeKitchen, Glynn Purnell's...
Posted: 21 March 2012 | 09:48
Contract caterer Aspens Services has begun sourcing fresh produce at one of its sites from students who have set up a business selling vegetables grown in their school's own garden. Aspens has enabled the students at Grace Academy Solihull to gain business experience.
Posted: 20 March 2012 | 12:25
With demand for local and seasonal food ever increasing, what better way to guarantee local supply than growing your own? Emily Manson explains that even if space is at a premium there's always room to cultivate some produce and a great sustainable story
Posted: 24 February 2012 | 10:15
The entire Accor hotel chain across the world consumes the same energy as a mid-sized city, an environmental footprint report has revealed. The report, the first of its kind for an international hotel chain, comes ahead of Accor's new sustainable development strategy.
Posted: 21 February 2012 | 14:38
Iconic venues caterer Ampersand has today launched a new children's healthy eating range at Hampton Court Palace under the iconic the Very Hungry Caterpillar (VHC) brand. The range, which will be rolled out to all three Historic Royal Palaces that are catered for by Ampersand, will feature...
Posted: 09 February 2012 | 15:14
A London community eco café has been thrown a lifeline to continue operating for another year after a successful fundraising effort. A campaign by the FoodCycle Café in Haringey, powered by crowdfunding website Peoplefund.it and supported by celebrities, MPs and Twitter, reached its £5,000 target this week...
Posted: 07 February 2012 | 17:20
Five Croydon schools have been selected to take part in a 12-week school food collections waste pilot scheme, with a view to possible expansion across the borough. Recycling in Croydon was stepped up last year when a domestic food-waste collection service was introduced.
Posted: 27 January 2012 | 16:06
Wine merchant Bibendum has put its award-winning environmental policies down as a key factor to winning new business. Managing director Michael Saunders said: "More and more of our existing and prospective customers are demanding to know about our green policies and the actions...
Posted: 15 November 2011 | 16:08
Catererandhotelkeeper.com has launched a new channel centred around responsible hospitality. The Responsible Hospitality channel helps you, the operator and supplier, to ensure that trading responsibly is at the heart of your business practice.
Posted: 24 October 2011 | 17:59
Go green in your home or office, with a bulk purchase of Maxima Green recycled toilet tissue. Buying recycled toilet tissue makes excellent sense - it's better for the environment whilst still being soft and strong.
Posted: 24 October 2011 | 00:00
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Devon-based restaurants have been rated the most sustainable in the UK by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA). River Cottage Restaurants scored 87% for River Cottage HQ...
Posted: 18 August 2011 | 14:40
One of the main criteria of this important award is that the winner has displayed a long-term commitment to environmental practices. More importantly, it needs to show that its green policy is driving it on to become even more sustainable. Well, that's certainly true of Red Hotels.
Posted: 15 July 2011 | 16:18
With consumer demand for demonstrations of local sourcing at an all-time high, operators are doing all they can to support the community. But is it possible to balance local sourcing with the benefits of online ordering? Emily Manson investigates how to order sustainably on the web
Posted: 01 July 2011 | 00:12
When frozen meals supplier Apetito decided an all-encompassing sustainability policy was the only way forward, it led to a change in culture and mindset - not only for its own employees, but its customers and suppliers, too.
Posted: 14 October 2010 | 12:19
Guests at Coworth Park - the Dorchester Collection's new country property in Berkshire - can enjoy a luxury experience, with a minimal impact upon the environment. Janet Harmer checked out the green credentials of one of the UK's most significant hotel openings of the year
Posted: 30 September 2010 | 11:55
QHotels has reduced the energy consumption across its group of 21 hotels by 61%, smashing its target of 30%. In 2009 all of the company's hotels and its central office were awarded either a silver or Bronze Green Tourism Business Scheme accreditation as a result of energy-saving initiatives...
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 17:11
Technology can help businesses to manage and improve their energy consumption in order to operate in a more sustainable way. Ross Bentley reports on three examples.
Posted: 30 October 2009 | 07:20
BaxterStorey has become the first British contract
caterer to source all of its meat from the UK. But
reorganising the supply chain to become more eco
friendly has not been easy. Rosalind Mullen reports.
Posted: 26 October 2009 | 11:36
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