The Soil Association is announcing new figures showing acceleration in the growth of the UK’s organic grocery market, as well as wider availability in the foodservice industry. The figures from Nielsen, as presented by Mike Watkins at the Soil Association annual market briefing, show growth in the organic grocery market of +3.2% for the 4 weeks to 16 August 2014 compared … [Read more...]
Londoners love their ‘lunch-to-go’ but pay 24% more
Foodservice industry figures from the NPD Group show that Londoners visit fast food outlets and other chains to buy a take-out lunch more frequently than people in the rest of Britain. London comprises 13% of the population of Great Britain but has a 17% share of Britain’s ‘lunch-to-go’ traffic and 18% of Britain’s ‘lunch-to-go’ spend. But Londoners pay 24% more than the … [Read more...]
The Clink Restaurant to open at HMP Styal, Cheshire
The Clink Charity and Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS) have confirmed there will be a fourth prisoner training restaurant, The Clink Restaurant at HMP Styal in Cheshire. It will open its doors in 2015. Following the opening of The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton in February this year and the recent launch of The Clink Gardens at HMP Send, the charity is halfway to … [Read more...]
Sodexo celebrates successful Glasgow 2014
From fuelling the finest athletes from across the Commonwealth, to serving Games-time lunches to royalty, Sodexo Prestige, Sodexo’s sport, leisure and travel business, is reflecting on the successful delivery of culinary services during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Serving athletes, officials, staff, hospitality clients, the public... Sodexo supplied Glasgow 2014 … [Read more...]
88% of UK hoteliers miss chance to fuel guests’ holiday excitement
UK hoteliers are underexploiting the chance to build holidaygoers’ sense of excitement at the time of booking, a TripBarometer study by TripAdvisor has revealed. The findings were revealed at the launch of the latest instalment of TripBarometer, focusing on the Psychology of Travel. This is the fourth edition of the biannual study, conducted on behalf of TripAdvisor by … [Read more...]