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It has been designed to equip front-line staff in customer-facing roles with the new skills required post Covid-19, and addresses key issues such as a changed working environment, new behaviours, and new health, safety and hygiene measures. The 60...

A spokesman said that prior to lockdown, there was a clear trend towards more flexitarian and plant-based diets. Recent research had revealed that this trend has grown since the UK went into lockdown, with one in five consumers in the UK reducing...

Figures from ‘Veg Facts 2020: In Brief’, show that just 52.7% of the veg we consume at home is grown in the UK, while new research from the SHEFS consortium finds that the UK supply of fruit and vegetables has become increasingly reliant on imports...

Regency Purchasing Group, which services more than 3,000 businesses across the UK, including for the leisure, education, hospitality and healthcare industries, has reported a 62% increase in purchases from its members between April and May 2020. The...

“It is an opportunity for the kitchen brigade to have a little fun and raise some cash for a great cause,” say organisers, adding: “With the industry in a state of flux caused by the Covid-19 pandemic the work of kitchen porters is going to be more...

Although students can currently take the majority of WSET courses online, until now they have had to sit an offline exam to complete a WSET qualification. With social distancing guidelines in place across most of the world, many exams have been...

Approximately 3,000 packed lunches were produced by Sodexo’s 1711 for Ascot team for each of the 45 jockeys, the Trustee, the chief executive, trainers, security, medical staff, officials, cleaners, stables staff, grounds staff, media, car park staff...

The tool, primarily intended for local authority Authorised Officers and those working in the food industry in Scotland, comprises six modules and covers: Legal requirements when selling food containing allergens Physical reactions when people with...

Nielsen data shows an 18.7% increase in organic sales in the 12 weeks ending 30th May, which includes 10 weeks of lockdown, compared to 14.2% increase in non-organic food and drink. This comes at a time when external events have fast-tracked already...

The UK may need to adopt the New Zealand model, which has done just that, say the researchers. The Halal meat sector is one of the fastest growing in the meat industry in Britain, with supermarket chains scrambling for a share of the market. In 2015...