The sector’s restart remains tentative for many independent operators, whereas the chains have made significant progress, although financial streamlining in the form of reduced hours, job cuts and closures is also inevitably taking place. In this issue, we report on some food to go treats and drinks trends, as well as some store design pointers which take into account the effects of Covid.
Frozen food distributor Central Foods has demonstrated its commitment to the environment by ensuring that all products in its range that contain palm oil only include sustainable palm oil that has been certified by RSPO – the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
September 2020: Delishops, the unique online trade community designed to help food businesses buy and sell speciality food profitably, has joined forces with Speciality & Fine Food Fair to roll out ‘Delishops Discovers Live’, a Meet the Producer series of events scheduled to run 28-30 September 2020.
The Global Coffee Festival official programme is an exclusively curated 12 hour online video stream of content, celebrating coffee and hospitality excellence in 12 of the most exciting coffee cities on earth.
European Coffee, Tea & Soft Drinks Expo co-locates alongside Hotel, Restaurant and Catering (HRC), International Food & Drink Event (IFE) at ExCeL London in March 2021 bringing the entire food, drink and hospitality supply chain together to act as launch pad for the recovery ahead.
The organisers of the charity initiative UK Coffee Week, which postponed its April event due to the outbreak of Covid-19, have confirmed that it will now take place from 19 Oct to 25 Oct 2020.
During UK Coffee Week coffee shops, retailers, restaurants and brands nationwide come together to celebrate all things coffee while raising funds for Project Waterfall - a charity working to end the water crisis in coffee-growing communities across the world.
