Vegetarian Foodservice Recipe: Roast Sweet Potato Salad Recent research shows that more than 5% of the UK population are vegetarian, that’s 3 million diners. These diners need vegetarian menu options and frequent the venues that provide vegetarian menu options. Fry’s Family Foods help you to provide vegetarian menu options not just through delicious and nutritious … [Read more...]
Country Range Group On Course For Record-Breaking 25th Anniversary Year
The Country Range Group, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is on course for a record-breaking 12 months with turnover already up 14% on 2016. While ingredient price inflation, the value of the pound and the general Brexit uncertainty have created challenging conditions across many sectors, a policy of inward investment by the Country Range Group’s members … [Read more...]
All three Matthew Algie coffee schools receive SCA premier training campus accreditation
The Speciality Coffee Association (SCA) has awarded all three of Matthew Algie’s training centres with its prestigious Premier Training Campus accreditation, making Matthew Algie not only one of the first members to have joined the SCAE, as it was formerly known, but also the first coffee roaster to have accredited training centres in both the UK and Ireland - and first to hold … [Read more...]
Beer and women group stages tasting for women MPs
Beer and women group Dea Latis staged its third beer tasting in Parliament recently, treating a room full of women MPs and women working in the brewing and related industries to an evening of beer and food matching. The group also announced some initial fundings from its recent research into women’s behaviours and attitudes around beerund beer. The event, organised jointly … [Read more...]
Changing the Focus of Hospital Food Standards
In 2014, the Hospital Food Standards Panel (HFSP), an independent group established by the Department of Health and led by the chairman of Age UK, published a report on catering standards in NHS hospitals. The main body of the report contained a series of recommendations and five food standards which hospitals should follow. One set of standards were the Government Buying … [Read more...]