7 March 2016
Carbon Trust hails big step forward for caterers wanting to “know and show” their green credentials While energy saving is a headline story, drivers like corporate social responsibility, consumer demand for sustainability and concern around carbon emissions are leading major foodservice operators to focus on the big picture – how to reduce their impact on the environment and underline their green credentials. Commercial kitchens are significant consumers of energy and other resources. While energy labelling under the Ecodesign Directive will...
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24 February 2016
New General Manager for Ireland Winterhalter has announced the appointment of Richard Cassells as the new General Manager for Ireland. Richard joins the company after eight years as key account manager at SCA Hygiene Products. He has worked for some highly regarded companies, including Henderson Group and Britvic Northern Ireland. During his time at SCA, Richard managed key distributors including Bunzl McLaughlin, Galgorm Group and Hugh Jordan Ltd.
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22 February 2016
Belfast’s Waterfront will be catering for thousands of guests at a time – and they’ll create a huge amount of dirty plates, glasses and utensils. A prestige venue like this needs to be able to rely on consistently clean supply of tableware, but it also requires a sustainable warewashing solution. That’s why the Waterfront chose Winterhalter warewashers. Winterhalter is at the forefront of energy, water and chemical saving technologies. One of the key models at the Waterfront is the MTR...
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8 February 2016
Kinky and Robbo’s Big Adventure: duo aim to raise £10,000 for charity on the road to Machu Pichu Two captains of the catering equipment industry are putting fine dining and five star hotels behind them as they train for a gruelling five day trek across Peru to raise money for Springboard. Stephen ‘Kinky’ Kinkead and Glenn ‘Robbo’ Roberts, managing directors of Winterhalter UK and Gram UK respectively, aim to raise at least £10,000 for Springboard in its work to help...
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26 January 2016
Audit highlights energy efficiency of site’s new large scale, hi-tech system 600 for lunch, 200 for breakfast, plus a popular deli bar. Catering for the 1,000 staff and hundreds of visitors at Unilever’s UK and Ireland head office in Leatherhead is run by Sodexo, and it’s a busy business. When it comes to warewashing they look for speed, ease of use and reliability – recently they found all three, when they replaced their old machine with a Winterhalter conveyor system.
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