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Customers say more choice, smaller portions will cut food waste
Research just launched into consumer attitudes and behaviour around food waste when they eat out in pubs, hotels, restaurants...
The 2013 LACA Awards for Excellence shortlisted nominees are announced
The shortlist for the prestigious LACA Awards for Excellence 2013 has been announced. The award ceremony will be held at the...
London 2012 Games Makers gain recognition of hospitality skills
Almost 3,000 Games Makers – three times more than expected – have completed the Level 2 City & Guilds Award in the Principles...
LACA responds to BNF survey on children's lack of food knowledge
Anne Bull, the chair of LACA, the professional association for school food, has responded to the British Nutrition Foundation...
Brits are still coffee crazy, reveals research by The NPD Group
Coffee shop sales have increased by 5% since 2009. There were 1.4bn servings of speciality coffee in the UK last year – still...
Pasty Presto expansion backed by Clydesdale Bank
Pasty Presto runs 28 Cornish pasty shops across the country, predominantly in the South West, with openings in two new...
Chef Mitch Tonks opens restaurant and takeaway in Plymouth
Situated by the National Marine Aquarium at the Barbican, RockFish Sutton Harbour is Mitch’s largest restaurant opening to...
Hospitality and catering apprenticeship rates double in four years
The latest figures show that more than 35,000 people started an apprenticeship in 2011-2012, compared to just 14,890 in 2007...
Salford considers 5pm ‘opening time’ for takeaways near schools
Any new takeaways, kebab houses, fish and chip shops and chains located close to schools would not be allowed to serve hot...
MPs are focus of National School Meals Week 2013 promotion
“Serving a school lunch to MP’s straight after PMQ’s (prime minister's questions) at the House of Commons is the perfect...