As reported by H & C News last week, research from the Out to Lunch campaign from the Soil Association and Organix reveals that Britain’s leading restaurants and pubs are giving children across the UK a raw deal. However, Out to Lunch has also issued a league table ranking 21 high street restaurants and pubs to show the industry and consumers what chains are offering … [Read more...]
Coffee cups: the Queen inaugurates a sustainable solution to a global problem
Until now, the plastic content of cups has made them unsuitable for use in papermaking. In the UK alone, an estimated 2.5 billion paper cups go to landfill. James Cropper’s recycling technology separates out the plastic incorporated in the cups leaving paper pulp that can be used in the highest quality papers. The new facility has been inaugurated by Her Majesty The … [Read more...]
Food costs for July: take advantage of price reductions
Food inflation is down: have you been tracking price changes and taking advantage of reductions including fruit (cherries, grapes, strawberries...), vegetables (lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes...), lamb, eggs, and fish (haddock, lemon sole, hake, farmed salmon, and more)? H & C News is pleased to be able to share information on food costs and trends for July, supplied by … [Read more...]
Beer Genie website gets revamp and goes mobile
Beer Genie, the British Beer & Pub Association’s website celebrating all things beer, has had a major revamp, with the site also going mobile for the first time. The Beer Genie’s treasure trove of beer knowledge is more than able to feed the huge boost of interest in the nation’s favourite tipple, given the launch last week of Let There Be Beer – a major new national … [Read more...]
Top Tipples: International Wine Challenge names 5 Champion Wines for 2013
The 30th International Wine Challenge has lived up to its name, awarding Champion status to wines from around the world including Australia, New Zealand, France, Austria and Portugal. Champion White: McGuigan Wines – 2005 Bin 9000 Australian winemaker McGuigan Wines received the Champion White wine prize for its 2005 Bin 9000. Chief Winemaker and CEO Neil McGuigan was … [Read more...]