Footprint, the UK’s leading sustainability and ESG expert in the food and drink industry, in collaboration with Nestlé Professional, has launched Growing Regenerative Agriculture: How Businesses Can Help Deliver Impact at Scale. This new report examines how organisations across the hospitality and foodservice sector can help accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture and deliver meaningful environmental and social impact. With 2024 recorded as the hottest year on r

Buffalo cuts through the competition with its quietest and most effective Digital Silent Bar Blender. Designed with operators in mind, this revolutionary blender combines high performance with easy-to-use functionality. The secret to Buffalo’s Digital Silent Bar Blender is its high torque, brushless motor which is longer-lasting, more energy efficient and significantly quieter than alternative blenders. A sound enclosure further minimises noise, allowing it to be used front o

Liam Nally, Regional Sales Manager at Jestic Foodservice Solutions has been chosen to join CEDABOND’s Tomorrow’s Leaders Today initiative. Having worked in a pub kitchen after leaving university, Liam applied for an internal sales advisor role at Jestic following encouragement from Steve Loughton and joined the company in January 2019, quickly progressing to the role of Regional Sales Manager in October 2019. The high-profile sub-committee, Tomorrow’s Leader’s Today, is dedic

IGD has launched its UK trend reports for 2026 from an Away From Home and Food to Go perspective. The four key trends identified are Affordable and accessible, Elevated experiences, Sustainability simplified, and Health as a lifestyle driver. Technology acts as an enabler for each of these trends. The reports set the scene for why each trend is important, including examining current responses from industry and highlighting actions to take in 2026 and considerations for 2027

S ky News reported that, “Basic, intermediate and higher property rates will be reduced for businesses as well as transitional relief of £184m over the next three years for those impacted by the recent revaluation. There will be 15% non-domestic rates relief in 2026-27, worth £138m over three years for retail, hospitality and leisure premises, capped at £110,000 annually, while similar firms on Scotland’s islands will be given 100% relief.” In response, Patrick Clover, Found

For decades, Pukka, as the nation’s no.1 pie brand , has been a familiar and trusted presence behind chip shop counters. A perfect example of this longstanding relationship is with Burton Road Chippy, recently announced as the winners of the pie brand’s POS competition. Athol Dipple, Director at Fast Food Professional caught up with Burton Road Chippy owner Des, to hear about the shop’s journey and its ongoing success. For Des, his whole working career has been in the chip sh

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At Venney’s at The Granby in North Thoresby, Head Chef Ant Cron is producing big, bold dishes from a seriously compact kitchen. With 100...

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Paulig PRO, the company behind the Santa Maria brand has announced the launch of its new range of bold Eastern Mediterranean sauces,...