JJ Foodservice is helping coffee shop customers raise their game with a new YouTube playlist featuring Damian Burgess, world-class coffee consultant and trainer.

Dessert restaurant brand, Creams Cafe, is focusing on all things nostalgia with its new retro-inspired summer menu – available until 10 October to enjoy in-store, for delivery and on-the-go nationwide.

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of convenience foods has seen a 3.9% average improvement in mpg, thanks to Webfleet.

Williams Refrigeration has donated a refrigeration cabinet, worth around £3,000, to the Steam House Café in King’s Lynn. Operated by regional charity Access Community Trust, the high street mental health and wellbeing hub offers holistic support, therapies and activities during the day and urgent assistance and appointments in the evening, including one-to-one counselling.

Bridge Cheese, which supplies cheese and dairy products to the food manufacturing, wholesale and foodservice sectors, has launched a three-year digital roadmap created to boost customer service, enhance product quality and streamline production using digital tools.

OOH food provider, Santa Maria, has launched its latest solution – Loaded. A range of downloadable recipes, designed specifically to drive footfall and increase spend per head across operators in food to go, casual dining, pubs and bars.

Signature FSE has secured UK master distributor status for De Buyer food preparation equipment.

Kerrymaid has launched its Full on Summer competition, giving operators the chance to win fantastic prizes every week (closing 31 August 2023), including a Carpigiani ice cream machine worth nearly £7,000. It’s ideal for making shakes and desserts and perfect for Kerrymaid’s Angelito Ice Cream Mix.

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Divine – the chocolate brand started and still co-owned by farmers – has announced its collaboration with radio broadcaster and TV presenter, Clara Amfo

NatWest has enabled Tap to Pay on iPhone to all eligible UK businesses. Apple’s contactless payment acceptance technology is now available via the NatWest Tap to Pay iOS app

Social enterprise, Cafédirect, has acquired Bewley’s UK from its parent company, Bewley’s Ireland.

As the nights draw longer and the sun begins to make a long-awaited appearance, café and restaurant owners are gearing up for the busiest time of the year.

Your point-of-sale system is critical to your business. Specialists Elavon explain why.

John Taylor from ice cream van business C and M Ices in Harrogate has won one of the most prestigious awards in the ice cream sector – Ice Cream Van 2023 - announced at the Ice Cream & Artisan Food Show. The competition is run by the Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), the sector’s UK trade association. 

The Ice Cream and Artisan Food Show is the only trade show for the ice cream sector in the UK. Its back in Harrogate at the Yorkshire Events Centre from 7th to 9th February 2023. If you make or sell ice cream (or are thinking of doing so) then this is a must attend event.

The Ice Cream and Artisan Food Show is the only trade show for the ice cream sector in the UK. Its back in Harrogate at the Yorkshire Events Centre from 7th to 9th February 2023. If you make or sell ice cream (or are thinking of doing so) then this is a must attend event.

As foodservice operators seek ways to overcome staffing shortages and create popular dishes with smaller inventories, Santa Maria has launched its new Grill Mark Tortillas to help kitchens serve up premium, authentic tasting in less time.

Coffee giant UCC Coffee have partnered with MOMA plant-based milks to deliver the ultimate in ethically sourced breakfast coffee, just in time for UK Coffee Week.

Meet The Bites - Product Innovation at Lunch

Small in size but big in taste, our new deliciously filled mini doughnuts offer quality, delight and indulgence all in one bite.

IBC Simply, a food and drink manufacturer and supplier based in St Albans has won an award for its “world class customer service”.

UCC Coffee, the world’s 5th largest global coffee company, has today announced the launch of their e-commerce website, UCC Direct, which allows small businesses and consumers alike to purchase a large range of UCC branded coffee, hot beverages, and side products in bulk.

-Boosting efficiencies, and creating an unobtrusive check-out experience-

Staying competitive in hospitality and retail means juggling lots of demands including keeping on top of rising prices, reducing costs and managing inventory. In a market where inflation is rising, adopting technologies that provide the tools to gain competitive edge is one way to manage costs, satisfy customers and boost profits.

Callebaut’s Chocolate AcademyTM Launches Future of Foodservice Campaign 

Callebaut’s Chocolate AcademyTM is launching Future of Foodservice next month, a campaign designed to help operators grow their businesses following the challenges of the pandemic.  The campaign will include a series of six detailed reports focused on major topics operators will have to tackle by 2025.

-New all-in-one PoS and payments unit
-Centralised, simplified and accessible system for businesses of all sizes

A new report highlighting the acute labour shortages across the food industry has been published and delivered to Ministers across Government.

The new Giorik Movair countertop combi oven, brought to the UK market by Euro Catering, combines innovative performance, automatic wash system, easy-to-use controls and a compact size for small kitchen spaces.

TikTok’s army of fans will be delighted as Social Shakes, the brand-new ice cream shake bar set to open its first store in Lakeside Shopping Centre, announces it’ll recruit its entire team through a week-long open audition on the social media platform – starting 22nd June.

With the sector re-opening and summer on its way, is it time to rethink your cake and ‘sweet treat’ menu? The sector’s suppliers have plenty of ideas and creativity to offer.

We have  printed copies of Cafe Life August issue to give away to 500 lucky recipients!

Cheese toasties, Welsh rarebit, croque monsieur, tostada. However you serve it, cheese on toast is one of the quickest, simplest and most delicious ways to feed a hungry appetite. And now, so is the plant-powered alternative!

With the hospitality sector set to re-open, and the café and coffee shop sector in particular seeking to make the most of outdoor and takeaway opportunities, it’s more important than ever before to make sure that you have a stand-out tea offering, emphasise the sector’s suppliers.

After a testing year for a UK café sector now planning its re-opening, Café Life caught up with Lincoln and York’s CEO, James Sweeting (pictured), on a range of topics, the company having recently unveiled their investment in a new packaging line, while, like most other enterprises large and small, negotiating the effects of Brexit and Covid.

As café and coffee shops re-open, water quality and, in turn, consumer appreciation of beverage quality, should not be neglected, point out BRITA.

Now more than ever, as the world emerges from COVID-inspired lockdown, food truck owners need solid, smart marketing to entice customers to resume food-truck dining at large. As you take this unprecedented opportunity to get back out there and claim your corner of the market, literally and figuratively, implement as many of the following pivotal tips to rope in those customers and keep them coming back for more.

The Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), the UK’s trade association for the ice cream sector, is mobilising its members, the wider industry and other parts of the hospitality sector to promote their products to all those holidaying in the country this summer.  The campaign is called the Great British Ice Cream Staycation and is encouraging businesses of all types and sizes to get involved.  A free, downloadable DIY Marketing Toolkit is available now at www.ice-cream.org/webform/great-british-ice-cream-staycation 

Owners of ice cream parlours, cafes, food service, doughnut shops and small independent bakeries can now turn to Bling for exciting ingredients that will take desserts to the next level, thanks to the launch of a new website that will make sweet dreams become a reality.

Read all of the latest news on Government guidelines for reopening, testing and VAT.

Portion Solutions, the UK’s leading portion provider, has joined forces with Moostix to meet a gap in the market for semi skimmed milk sticks.

UK in-cup drinks specialist Brupac has moved over to using Greiner Packaging’s K3® cardboard-plastic packaging solution for its 12oz in-cup drinks range. 

Brupac Drinks & Machine Company Director Tim Worthington talks about why the change was made and the advantages it brings.

As the weather warms up and we move towards release of the grip of the Coronavirus pandemic, a mobile coffee business is the perfect way to serve great coffee at wide-ranging outdoor venues.