Grab & Go

Pidy UK appoints new chef and business development manager

25th Sep 2012 - 13:42

Reporting to general manager Robert Whittle, Paul Eason's role will be mainly to raise the profile of Pidy and its products. This will be achieved through one-to-one activities with wholesalers, cash and carries, exhibitions, recipe development and social networking sites. Other tasks will include sales support and professional back up for caterers, bakers and industrial customers.

Workplace lunch report highlights staff skipping meals and lack of healthy options

25th Sep 2012 - 11:35

Claire Morris, marketing director at Sodexo, said that not only was this a concern, but the Sodexo Lunch at Work Report, launched in conjunction with Allegra Strategies, also revealed that an incre

Lunch sales set to outperform the sector, says Horizons

24th Sep 2012 - 10:24

Emma Read, director of marketing and business development with foodservice analyst Horizons, predicts that the lunch market, already worth £14.9bn, will occupy a growing share of overall foodservic

Lunch Business Grab & Go Awards – winners revealed

20th Sep 2012 - 18:53

Industry experts gathered at the London Art House in London, just five minutes away from the Business Design Centre where the lunch!

Islington tops London Borough league table for good food

19th Sep 2012 - 09:46

The London Borough of Merton is highlighted as ‘Most Improved Good Food Borough’, with eight more boroughs receiving commendations.

Supply Chain Academy launched to ‘develop learning and skills’

17th Sep 2012 - 10:53

Based at the recently restored Upminster Court in the London Borough of Havering, the academy has developed a range of courses focusing on key issues within the supply chain as well as concepts suc

Kenco Professional gets behind MacMillan’s charity coffee morning event

14th Sep 2012 - 10:08

To mark the third year of this partnership and encourage a record-breaking number of participants, actress and TV presenter Claire Sweeney has teamed up with Kenco Professional to ask the UK to ‘Wa

FreeFrom Food Awards looking for 2013 winners

13th Sep 2012 - 17:18

This year manufacturers are being encouraged to battle it out for the honour of using one of the awards' striking yellow winners’ logos on their products, with entries for 2013 opening on Monday, S

Gluten-Free Chef of the Year competition in call for entries

12th Sep 2012 - 14:26

The competition has got tougher this year because entrants are asked to showcase their skills by including gluten-free substitutes such as bread, pasta cooked from scratch at the live final.

Quality food-on-the-go is the key area for growth says Horizons

12th Sep 2012 - 10:07

This is one of the key findings in the latest Ones to Watch report, compiled by foodservice consultancy Horizons, identifying the nation’s dining out trends by analysing emerging small-scale eating out brands and operators growing rapidly over the past three years. The focus of many of the latest concepts is on gourmet versions of established food-on-the go favourites, such as burgers and hot dogs as well as upmarket coffee shops, a continued growth in street food and outlets specialising in healthy food.