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Latte Levy Fails to adddress underlying issues with disposable cups and waste.
Planglow urges Government to lift proposed consumer charge from single-use coffee cups and invest in UKs waste management infrastructure
Since its launch in 2016, Planglow has watched the single-use coffee cup debate unfold with great interest and we welcome the government’s latest report which highlights some of the challenges posed by non-recyclable products, not least to our business. However we feel that the current proposal is short-sighted as it fails to address sustainable long term solutions.
CQUIN: Achieving Compliance
Hospital Food + Service - July / August issue, 2017
Planglow's marketing director Rachael Sawtell, looks at the requirements of the latest Health and Wellbeing CQUIN scheme in the July / August 2017 issue of Hospital Food + Service Magazine.
Footloose and Gluten Free
Gluten-free offerings and how to create your own
In 2016 the gluten-free market was worth a staggering £2.6bn worldwide with sales taking one sizable - 12.6% or £323m - step up on the previous year (Euromonitor). This figure is all the more astonishing given that this expansion was three times that of the wider packaged foods market (4%). What’s more, give it another three years and sales of gluten-free products are set to grow over a third (38%) as much again reaching a giddying £3.57bn (Euromonitor). As the market continues to blow up however, it does beg the question: why are so many consumers bidding adieu to gluten? What’s more, how can you introduce a gluten-free offering?
So Hot Right Now
Three trends for spring / summer
The coming months are full to bursting with new concepts, flavours and culinary finesse. In this post, we take a peek inside the great melting pot of developing trends and simmer it down to three…