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Comment by Tim Atkinson on July 1, 2013 at 10:33

Around half the UK's soft drinks industry, including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Britvic and PepsiCo and  agree on a joint carbon-cutting roadmap. More at BusinessGreen...

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on June 20, 2013 at 16:53

The Grocer reports on Owen Paterson's declaration that British shoppers should have the right to choose GM crops, or animals fed on GM feed in their supermarkets. - http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/uks-gm-future-in-the-spotlight-af...

Most of the major supermarkets have dropped their efforts to provide poultry not raised on GM feed and now only Waitrose is sticking to it's guns. The Grocer also has a report on Waitrose's MD Mark Prices's response to Mr Paterson's declaration - http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/supermarkets/waitrose/waitrose...

Which side do you fall on?

Comment by Tim Atkinson on June 20, 2013 at 15:22

EdieEnergy reports that the UK catering industry could save £250m a year through energy efficiency savings.... More here.

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on April 10, 2013 at 21:30

The Sustainable Restaurant Association joins forces with Virgin Airways to help provide sustainably sourced in flight meals - http://www.thesra.org/sra_news/planes-trains-sustainable-restaurants/

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on March 19, 2013 at 18:02

An article in 'Positive News' about a Dorset company providing British grown exotic spices to help make it easier to source ingredients from within the UK - http://positivenews.org.uk/2013/environment/agriculture/11408/shari...

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on March 5, 2013 at 16:30

126 leading catering companies have been celebrating after being awarded the 'Food for Life' Catering Mark in conjunction with the Soil Association. These marks show ethically and environmentally sound food sourcing by companies that provide for schools, hospitals, visitor attractions, even houses of parliament - http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5015/cateri...

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on February 25, 2013 at 17:29

If you sell coffee and want the brands you sell to have as little detrimental effect on the people who grow it, and on the environment it grows in. Then you could do worse than read Emily Monsell from Cafe Direct's tips on purchasing fairtrade and organic coffee on The Sustainable Restaurant Association's website - http://www.thesra.org/cafedirects-top-tips-for-buying-sustainable-c...

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on February 18, 2013 at 19:19

A popular Rotherham chip shop decreases its expenditure by using a waste crusher to help cut the costs of weekly waste collections - http://www.edie.net/news/5/Fish-and-chip-restaurant-serves-up-susta...

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on February 8, 2013 at 13:42

Slofood have put together a calendar of seasonal foods, 55 Forgotten Foods, which are all British and may tempt the gormet in your customers to think and buy British; as well as keeping British producers in business - http://www.slowfood.org.uk/ark-info/seasonal-calendar/

Comment by Ruth Atkinson on January 23, 2013 at 21:06

This Sustainable Restaurant Association's article tries to tackle the thorny issue of tap water verses bottled water, verses filtered tap water or then again ethical bottled water or locally sourced bottled water. What are the best options? -http://www.thesra.org/ethical-filtered-or-just-plain-tap/

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