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Telling the Christmas turkey to get stuffed!

December 21, 2018 Uncategorized

If you’re keeping up, and I hope you are, you’ll remember we recently blogged about the increase in people adopting a flexitarian diet. Now, according to research, one in twelve people in the UK will be telling the turkey to

Why fish fraud is unnecessary and just plain stupid

December 3, 2018 Uncategorized

Perhaps reports of cod being substituted by other cheaper fish doesn’t generate the same horror as the horse meat fraud did, but it’s still a matter of huge concern. Too many people are too concerned about making money and increasing

Top Menu Planning Tips from Nina & Co.

October 30, 2018 Uncategorized

As a food marketing consultant, one of the questions I’m most frequently asked is how to go about menu planning. So we’ve put together some of our top tips to help you develop a menu planning strategy that will put

Flexitarian – a buzzy word for dietary common sense

September 24, 2018 Food, Sustainable & Local, Uncategorized

Buzz words seem to have become more common with the viral effects of the internet. One of today’s more popular ones is ‘flexitarian’. Although the term was coined in the 1990s, flexitarianism is a sensible eating trend that’s really growing in popularity now, and it delivers a wealth of benefits. It’s estimated that today there are around 22 million flexitarians in the UK alone!

Food isn’t just for Christmas

December 11, 2015 Food, Uncategorized

I’ve been really heartened by the number of people on social media and in the press offering to help the homeless this Christmas. The number of people sleeping rough on the streets of England has risen by over 50% in

Wartime food – a celebration of true British grit.

February 20, 2013 Food, Sustainable & Local, Uncategorized

When we think of the war years, we think of rationing, the blitz, camaraderie, and a nation of patriots digging up their lawns in the name of victory. Even more than seventy years later, the war years still have a

Why sustainable, ethical food makes sense.

July 26, 2012 Ethical, Food, Sustainable & Local, Uncategorized

Well, unless you’ve been in Outer Mongolia for the past month or you’re already too embroiled in the up-and-coming Olympics (go team GB!), you couldn’t have failed to notice that ethical food has been hitting the news headlines of late.