UK contract caterer BM’s organic Santo coffee has won a star at this year’s Great Taste Awards. More than 500 judges – including chefs, buyers, retailers, restaurateurs, food critics and writers – took part in blind taste tests to rate the quality of more than 14,000 food and drink products from over 100 countries. As part of…
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BM Caterers has added its first organic coffee option to its Perkee range, Santo coffee, in addition to that sourced from the Soppexcca coffee cooperative in Nicaragua. Santo coffee is grown in the Camocim Estate in Espirito Santo, Brazil, where it has certified by the government, and has also received certification from USDA and the Demeter biodynamic federation. The coffee is…
Dublin-based Marco Beverage Systems is teaming up with Beyond the Bean at this year’s Caffe Culture show to promote its award-winning POUR’D. POUR’D beverage dispenser system. Beyond the Bean will be recreating a number of their great-tasting recipes using the world-renowned syrups that they produce in Bristol for dispensing via Marco’s POUR’D system. By working…
UK caterer BM has announced the winners of its annual celebration of internal talent, the FOODIES, including Owen Stanford who received an inaugural ‘BM Family’ award following the addition of the new category in 2022. Stanford was recognised for his work around mental health with the BM family and wider community that includes offering…
Compass Group hospitality brand Restaurant Associates has celebrated its first ever Barista Championships on 17th February, showcasing perfection at franchised as well as independent coffee brands from across the United Kingdom. With three levels of award – foundation, intermediate and expert, the championships invite baristas from across the business with different experience sets to enter…
Nestlé is deploying EcoStruxure Asset Advisor, Schneider Electric’s connected operational resiliency and efficiency platform at the Nescafé plant in Toluca, Mexico City. With daily production of approximately one million jars of coffee a day, the plant is Nescafé’s – as well as the world’s – largest facility of its type, and key to the…
12.11.2021, 15:30 Bringing Specialty Coffee and Food to Corporations Across North America Sodexo has announced an exclusive, 10-year partnership with For Five, a premium coffee and food solutions company that serves the New York Metro area. As a result of the partnership, clients of the French multinational foodservice and facilities management major’s services will benefit…
28.10.2020, 14:53 Showing Empathy Towards Care Leavers UK businesses need to demonstrate greater empathy for care leavers according to a communication from government-funded initiative, the Care Leaver Covenant, during National Care Leavers’ Week which ends on 1st November. The Care Leaver Covenant, which is funded by the Department for Education and delivered by social value…
23.10.2020, 16:48 Go Green this Christmas The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ new guide to an eco-friendly Christmas includes recyclable wrapping, crackers, decorations, cards…and much more. Every year in the UK hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste from packaging gets thrown away, as well as enough wrapping paper to cover the whole…
12.02.2020, 20:40 Supporting Boys & Girls Clubs of America Aramark is donating a percentage of the sales from its javia and premium Reserve by javia coffee brands to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Last year the company provided more than a billion cups of coffee and 400 million cold drinks in workplaces around the…
30.01.2020, 13:36 Recycling Coffee Cups in Camden Veolia and the Camden Climate Change Alliance have embarked on a mission to recycle more than 570,000 disposable coffee cups through a dedicated “Camden Recycles Cups” project in Hampstead Village, Fitzrovia and Hatton Garden. Funded by a £50,000 grant from Hubbub’s The Cup Fund, this #InTheLoop scheme…
24.10.2019, 22:18 The True Cost of a Cuppa According to data from online retailer, Tea and Coffee, employees spend time equivalent to £27,500 in salaries making hot drinks over the typical working lifetime. Online survey data also revealed the following breakdown by industry: Architecture – £37,295.41 Sales – £23,261.09 Software Development – £32,276.90 Graphic Design…
18.07.2019, 11:33 Supporting Female Coffee Producers Bartlett Mitchell has launched Huskup, an eco-friendly reusable coffee cup that will support the community that produces the caterer’s premium coffee brand, Perkee. The biodegradable and microwavable Perkee Foundation Huskup cup is manufactured with a premium, ceramic-like finish from rice husk instead of plastic (which is now widely acknowledged…
16.07.2019, 15:58 Recognising the Dangers of Dust Louise Hosking considers the impact of dust on the wellness of employees and other building users, and calls for governments to introduce new protective measures. It may be tiny, but its impact can be great. Dust is often brushed off as a mild annoyance or inconvenience and not…
20.05.2019, 13:45 Gala Dinner Raises £125,000 for Duchenne UK Food procurement organisation Foodbuy has raised over £125,000 fot its charity partner, Duchenne at a gala dinner at Twickenham Stadium. The third annual Foodbuy gala dinner saw over 170 guests from across the procurement, food & beverage and non-food sectors, enjoy a special three course dinner…
20.05.2019, 13:45 Gala Dinner Raises £125,000 for Duchenne UK Food procurement organisation Foodbuy has raised over £125,000 fot its charity partner, Duchenne at a gala dinner at Twickenham Stadium. The third annual Foodbuy gala dinner saw over 170 guests from across the procurement, food & beverage and non-food sectors, enjoy a special three course dinner…