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eating and drinking out trends for 2021 for pubs and restaurants

Trends week

2021: restaurant and dining trends

By Restaurant

From the neighbourhood restaurant revival and fine dining reboot to eco tourism and new restaurant subscription models, here's our predictions for what 2021 will bring for the eating out sector.

2021 restaurant and dining trends: part 2

trends week

2021 restaurant and dining trends: part 2

By Restaurant

With talk of the easing of lockdown and restaurants set to reopen sometime in the spring, we've finally dusted down the crystal ball to see what 2021 might bring in terms of restaurant and eating out trends. Part two: sustainability trends.
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SRA to help restaurants reduce food waste

SRA to help restaurants reduce food waste

By James McAllister

The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) is to support 100 restaurants in reaching national and international food waste reduction targets as part of a new initiative.

Massimo Bottura on London restaurant Refettorio Felix

Massimo Bottura on bringing his food waste fight to London

By Sophie Witts

Massimo Bottura is chef patron of Osteria Francescana, the three-Michelin-star restaurant based in Modena, Italy, which topped the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2016 and came second in 2017. 

Why it makes sense to tackle food waste

Why it makes sense to tackle food waste

By Liam Garrahan

Summer can be a lucrative time of year for pubs, restaurants and hotels, but the warm weather can also bring issues with food waste when left out for too long. 

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Ask the experts

How to tackle food waste to benefit the bottom line

By Charlotte Henderson

Hotels, restaurants and pubs are picking up the tab for more than £1.3bn of the annual £2.5bn bill for food waste across the UK’s hospitality and food service industry (HaFS). WRAP’s Hospitality and Food Service manager, Charlotte Henderson, looks at...

The Sustainable Restaurant Association estimates that the average UK restaurant throws away 21 tonnes of food every year

Restaurants must change attitude to food waste, says SRA

By Luke Nicholls

Restaurants should be serving smaller portion sizes and encouraging diners to take home leftovers in doggy boxes, according to the Sustainable Restaurant Assocation (SRA), which is urging all UK foodservice businesses to try and reduce the ‘shocking’...

Too Good To Waste will encourage diners to be lovers not leavers and overcome their embarrassment of asking to take leftovers home.

SRA launches campaign to cut food waste

By Luke Nicholls

The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has launched a new campaign to embolden diners to ask for doggy bags and to encourage restaurants to make patrons feel more comfortable about it.