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Has our pub culture gone forever?

September 18, 2013 Leisure Hospitality

The great British pub – our ‘local’. Once the hub of the community, British pubs are closing in droves. Village pubs have met the same fate as village shops and post offices. Are the days of this great British institution

Don’t act the goat: eat it

September 11, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable

Not long ago I watched a re-run of a TV programme based in the 60s. It made me laugh. It wasn’t a comedy. But the characters’ horror at a local restaurant found (by the environmental health police) to have goat

What happened to waste not, want not?

September 3, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable

I hate waste. I worry about the world’s lack of resources. I’m scandalised by the amount of food that goes into landfill each year. I’m sickened to hear of people going hungry. In WW2, it was a criminal offence to

Tots to teens; the marketer’s dream…

August 18, 2013 Food|Marketing|Strategy

“Mum please… I love them. Oh but Mum… all my friends’ Mums buy them… just this once… I’ll tidy my bedroom… please… I promise…” Aw bless (or do I mean BLESS?) them! Sound familiar? It should. Listen carefully and you’ll

The school dinner police strike again!

July 12, 2013 Food|Marketing|Strategy

All I can say is it’s a very good job the 5:2 diet helps control my blood pressure, because today’s article on banning packed lunches in schools had me close to apoplexy.

Joining the fat tax debate…

July 2, 2013 Food

The worldwide fat tax debate has been raging for some time, and having watched from the sidelines for a while, I couldn’t resist adding my twopenn’orth any longer.

Smallholdings; the not so happy dream…

June 21, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable|Marketing

Oh sorry… I didn’t realise you were there… I was miles away! On my smallholding, in fact. I was just enjoying the view watching Derek & Clive (my pet donkeys) grazing quietly in their paddock. Ethel and Stan, my

This little piggy…

June 10, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable

If you’re a regular to this blog, you’ll know I’m always harping on about the traceability of the food we put on our plates. When I investigated the plight of the not-so-happy chickens, I was sickened by Viva’s