Both restaurants have lost ground to the growing boom of sandwich chains with a tilt towards custom, healthy optionsIntense competition for the taste buds of time-pressed American consumers is hurting weaker, less competitive fast-food restaurants this week as sandwich chain Quiznos and pizza-and-pasta group Sbarro both filed for bankruptcy protection. Neither filing was a surprise, preceded in...
The chicken run: blood, sweat and deceit at a UK poultry plant – The Guardian
We sent two undercover journalists to work in the supermarket supply chain and found some alarming food safety practices“Have you just got out of prison?” the slaughterhouse foreman asks his new recruit. It is a question seemingly posed in jest, but probably only to mask a genuine suspicion that a spell in clink is the most likely explanation for an odd situation. The new boy stands out because...
UK food and drink firms warn of shortages as 'bailout' of CO2 … – The Guardian
Price of meat, beer and other products expected to rise after deal to help CF Industries is not renewedUK food producers and brewers have warned of shortages of meat, beer and fizzy drinks, as well as higher prices, after the government opted not to renew support for the carbon dioxide industry.Meat processors, brewers, bakers and soft drink producers all use CO2 in making and packaging their...
'Quite a challenge': UK restaurants and pubs face staffing crisis after … – The Guardian
Venues aim to recruit after Covid but face lack of supply of skilled people from the EUThe hospitality industry is facing a staffing crisis as restaurants and pubs say that up to a quarter of those employed before the Covid-19 pandemic will not return.The UK’s largest listed pub group, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has lost 9,000 of its 39,000 staff since last year; D&D, the owner of...
M&S moves to hand out thousands of tonnes of food waste – The Guardian
Not just a food bank … An M&S-filled food bank. Upmarket grocer plans to use social app to supply local charities with its surplus food and help cut wasteMarks & Spencer is to distribute thousands of tonnes of surplus food under a scheme that will use a social networking app to link all 500 of its UK stores to local charities, including food banks.The retailer, which has committed to...
Aldi confirms up to 100% horsemeat in beef products – The Guardian
The environment secretary is due to meet the Food Standards Agency, food suppliers and retailers on Saturday to discuss the horsemeat scandal after Aldi became the latest supermarket to confirm its withdrawn beef products contained up to 100% horsemeat.Owen Paterson said it was unacceptable that consumers were mis-sold products, but that the problems originated overseas.“We believe that the two...
PBBM: Tourism ‘high potential driver’ to transform economy – manilastandard.net
The tourism industry is among the country’s high potential drivers for economic transformation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. emphasized on Monday as he graced the Philippine Tourism Industry Convergence Reception at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.The President was with First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos and House Deputy Speaker and Ilocos Rep. Sandro Marcos.Vice President Sara...
Vengeance review – BJ Novak's ambitious but overstuffed satire – The Guardian
The Office alum’s directorial debut has some flashes of wit and an impressive desire to upend expectations but also suffers from a smug tone and a listless lead performancePositioning himself as the satirist we both want and need right now, the ex-Office actor and writer BJ Novak certainly deserves points for his chutzpah. And while he deserved points for very little else in his misfiring...
'She changed the way Americans thought about food': the lasting … – The Guardian
In a charming new documentary, the famed chef, who brought approachable yet complex recipes to a wide audience, is given her dueIn my parents’ home, for as long as I can remember, the crown jewel of the kitchen decor has always been a framed, sun-bleached photograph of Julia Child. In it, she’s winding up to smack my father, the audio technician, in the head with a copper-bottom pot while he...
Top bundt: how I made Tom Cruise's Christmas cake list for the … – The Guardian
Two more deluxe coconut gateaux winged their way to me this year, without any begging. Evidence if ever it was needed of Cruise’s very hectic yearYou may remember, not least because I haven’t shut up about it even for a second since it happened, that Tom Cruise sent me two cakes last Christmas. The story is long and overtold but, in summary: every year Tom Cruise sends a white chocolate and...
