Month: January 2018
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Customers seeking a more environmentally friendly packaging solutionThe nation’s love affair with food and drink on-the-go continues. A recent piece of research from global market research firm Mintel indicates that the on-the-go food and drink market could be worth £23.5billion by 2022. This growth is partly down to innovative menu development, inspired by consumer trends towards healthy foods, with adventurous, global flavours. […]
Wednesday January 31, 2018
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The history of cleaning productsClean and simple: a series of blogs from Cleanline expert Rod Hale. We asked our Cleanline expert ‘How have cleaning products evolved over time?’ And here’s what he told us… 4,500 years ago in Babylon a diligent scribe was rather impressed with a practice he’d witnessed known as washing. He promptly took up is his […]
Thursday January 25, 2018
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Conference Summary: Bunzl Catering Supplies – Celebrating Our PeopleThe Bunzl Catering & Hospitality divisional conference was held on Friday 19 January at the Beaumont Estate; a spa and leisure hotel and resort in Windsor, Berkshire. The resort is an 18th-century mansion with a royal history. Over 450 delegates from Bunzl Catering & Hospitality Division, and our key partner suppliers, gathered to hear the […]
Wednesday January 24, 2018
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Bunzl Catering Supplies to continue sustainability drive in 2018Throughout 2017 Bunzl Catering Supplies pioneered a broad range of sustainability initiatives including our first ever Sustainable Future e-brochure, the Square Mile Challenge with Simply Cups, and sponsorship of the waste2zero awards. These industry-leading projects demonstrate our strong and ongoing commitment to reduce the impact of waste in our business and in the foodservice industry. […]
Tuesday January 23, 2018
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Dart Products Europe introduce Diner-Pak™ containers and lidsAccording to the Takeaway Economy Report, which uses data compiled by The Centre for Economics and Business Research, spending on takeaway food grew by 34 per cent between 2009 and 2016 – to £9.9 billion – and now equates to 12.1 per cent of total spending on food.
Tuesday January 16, 2018
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Our People: The Tamworth charity team – helping local people in needIn 2016, a group of 6 employees based at our National Distribution Centre in Tamworth, formed a charity team, to brainstorm and implement fundraising activities to support a variety of local charities. In 2017, the group…
Monday January 8, 2018
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PURELL Surface Sanitising Spray & Wipes launched to address a specialised need within the food environmentMany people spend a lot of their time at work, school, hospital, shopping, and other commercial and leisure facilities. These areas with high traffic of people have higher chances of playing host to a variety of germs. There is also a threat of sickness and infections in places where people are in contact with each […]
Thursday January 4, 2018