Food & Drink

Shut the Fridge-Door!

What’s Going On Here? Ever noticed that pretty much all supermarket fridges and freezers are open? Well a report this week, supported by DEFRA, revealed they consume up to 1% of the UK’s total energy consumption – freezing mad! What Does This Mean? Campaigners are urging UK supermarkets to change standard proto-cold and close supermarket fridges, as the true energy use of open-door-fridges is…

Moo-ve over cows milk, hello vegan milk delivery

What’s Going On Here? Bristol is set to become the home of a new vegan milk delivery service. Yes, that’s right, that perfectly smooth, creamy beverage delivered right to your door. What Does This Mean? Milk experts Elspeth and Joe Edwards from New Milk are serving up frothy oat milk and creamy coconut milk to the city’s “non-dairy drinkers”, as an alternative to their ‘cow-heavy’…

Will Waitrose’s plastic-free trial ‘weigh up’ for their shoppers?

What’s Going On Here? Waitrose is the first major retailer in the UK to introduce a plastic-free shopping experience. The new zero-waste stores will let customers use their own containers to shop on a refill basis. What Does This Mean? As one of the top 10 UK supermarkets contributing to 810,000 tonnes of ‘throwaway packaging’ every year (according to Greenpeace ocean plastics campaigner Ariana Densham), Waitrose…

Your Future Trolley: Food From Space with a Side of Jellyfish

What’s Going On Here? The Future of Food Report, produced by Sainsbury’s, has predicted what we’re going to be growing, buying and eating in the future. Futurologists and plant scientists used consumer trends, scientific studies and took into account our growing environmental consciousness in consumer behaviour. What Does This Mean? There are some pretty ‘Black Mirror’ sounding ideas, like using A.I. to prescribe…

Carbon labelling sticks in Danish food aisles

What’s Going On Here? The Danish Government announced plans to incorporate a carbon labeling system on food products as part of their target to become carbon neutral by 2050. This comes as more of us than ever before are asking our decision-makers to stand up and take notice of climate change. Tell the truth and provide solutions. What Does This Mean? What did…

McDonald’s Norway is trialling vegan nuggets

What’s Going On Here? Fast food giants, McDonalds, have announced that they are trialling Vegan Nuggets, (sorry, McNuggets) across restaurants in Norway. Do People Want To Eat Vegan Nuggets? If the reaction is anything similar to the vegan sausage roll that Greggs launched for Veganuary in then yes. A third of British people have now stopped or reduced their meat eating, according to the supermarket Waitrose.…