UK meat industry launches action to halve £3bn annual waste bill

June 30, 2020 - 16:23Thirty-eight of the UK’s largest organisations involved in the production and sale of meat have backed plans to improve productivity, tackle deforestation, cut emissions and reduce the £3b of meat wasted in the UK every year. The trade organisations, meat processors, retailers and hospitality and food service businesses have announced their ambition to halve the amount of meat that goes to waste...Read more

#20percentlessmeat campaign wins national press coverage

April 21, 2020 - 15:25The #20percentlessmeat initiative, agreed by catering industry leaders under the umbrella of the PSC100 Group, was unveiled in the April issue of Public Sector Catering . It has now garnered exposure on a truly national stage in The Guardian , The Daily Telegraph and the Mail Online, the Daily Mail’s website that attracts 56m monthly visitors and is among the leading online news outlets. There...Read more

Let’s do what’s right

April 15, 2020 - 15:04Andy Jones, chair of the public sector catering PSC100 Group, on why it has decided to take a lead on a key issue of our time. I want to make clear at the outset that our #20percentlessmeat campaign is not about ‘jumping on the bandwagon’ and encouraging people not to eat meat, nor is it about supporting a diet fad. It is about the health and wellbeing of us all and contributing to a needed...Read more

Make food a priority - a review of the PSC Expo 2019

April 15, 2020 - 12:09Simple dishes cooked from quality, unprocessed ingredients should be the basis of menus from schools to prisons, was the message to those attending the Public Sector Catering Expo. At the heart of catering across the public sector – from schools to universities, hospitals, care homes, the armed forces and prisons – lies the simple idea that the best meals are prepared using good quality...Read more

Eating better in a public setting

March 30, 2020 - 11:39The Eating Better alliance has set out steps to stimulate a 50% reduction in meat and dairy consumption in the UK by 2030, and for a transition to ‘better’ meat and dairy as standard. ‘ Better by half : A roadmap to less and better meat and dairy’ provides 24 actions to help create the right environment for people to eat better for themselves and the planet. Change is afoot At a recent Eating...Read more