In this issue Kim Hartley, now Business Development Chef at Mission Foods, won the Sandwich Designer of the Year Award two years ago with 2 Sisters. Now the talented sandwich star has done it again, with her vegan-friendly Gozleme Turkish Toasted Sandwich. She talks here to Simon Ambrose.
In this issue we bring you The Sammies shortlist and everything you needed to know about Sandwich Designer of the Year. Plus, food to go manufacturer Raynor Foods has launched a vertical hydroponic growing system which will allow them to grow micro-ingredients in house.
Sandwich chain EAT is understood to be looking at store closures as it explores ways to shore up the business in the face of high street pressures. One-third (31%) of consumers would eat out more if healthier options were more readily available.
We get the skinny on the new M&S food to go trials and Editor Simon Ambrose picks his Top Ten Sandwich Bars..
We look at the Co-op's expanding food to go range; chat with EAT's new Chief Eecutive Andrew Walker and catch up with the BSA's latest Brexit update.
Our extensive lunch! showcase, with the best of the new product launches. Lesley Fong, a senior concept developer for Greencore, is proving to be one of the brightest talents on the food to go scene.
British Sandwich Week generated a huge number of online articles and blogs this year (158,000) and around 7,000,000 Twitter interactions, probably the best response the British Sandwich Association has ever had.
British Sandwich Week is just around the corner and bigger and better than ever - Sunday 14 to Saturday 20 May 2017.
Extreme weather conditions in continental Europe in the last few months from snow to frost and torrential rain, have impacted the supply of lettuce and other fresh vegetables to the retail and foodservice sectors in the UK and Ireland.
Regional sandwich and food to go manufacturer Shaw & Lisle (S&L Catering) has gone into liquidation. What’s the secret to a successful supplier/foodservice operator relationship? Pret A Manger and Nature’s Way Foods probably know better than most after working together for 19 years.
Soho Coffee has been discreetly building its presence as a quality artisan independent with a great food-led offer for the last few years. We would like to wish all our readers a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
International Sandwich & Food to Go News and Café Culture staff will be on stand M243 at the lunch! show. See you there!
Comprehensive results coverage of all the Sammies Awards and the Sandwich Designer of the Year competition.
The 2016 edition of our ever popular Sandwich Recipe Book is now online
Greggs to invest £100 million in new manufacturing centres of excellence, racklin is Newcastle’s latest sandwich business and one with a difference.
Benugo’s opens up new grab and go format store. Food to go specialist Street Eats has fleshed out some of the detail of its plans to open a new £4m state of the art sandwich factory near Heathrow.
Costa has launched a new foodled concept, Costa Fresco. Tortilla, The UK’s largest takeaway and eat-in Mexican chain, is expanding rapidly with new outlets planned for Scotland and Dubai.
All the Sammies awards and pieces on individual award winners. Morrisons has dropped manufactured sandwiches in favour of making its own fresh sandwiches in store.
LUNCH! Show - A number of big names from M&S, EAT., Pret, Greggs, Caffè Nero & Tortilla have been announced for the Working Theatre at the lunch! show. Plus our extensive exhibitor preview.
We've got a full round up of the Sammies Awards and Sandwich Designer of the Year Competition.
Tesco has opened the second of its new concept food to go format stores. Wraps chain Wrap It Up! has enjoyed a period of extraordinary success under managing director.
Food to go has continued to be a star performer at Greencore “with continued good growth” and Greggs reinforce the value of ‘Primary Authority’ in test case.
Entries are now being invited for the Sammies 2015.
Award-winning sandwich bar Cook & Garcia is to expand into new sites in the City of London. It’s time to start planning your sandwich recipes for this years British Sandwich Designer of the Year championships.
Tesco has opened a new concept food-to-go focused Express store in the City of London, FSC celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, a period when its development has run in tandem with the huge growth in manufactured sandwiches and food to go, both in the UK and in Europe.
Find out who won what and why at The Sammies and we bring you all of the results from the Sandwich Designer Of The Year 2014.
Mike Crofts, Development Chef, Raynor Foods, explains how he came up with some of his best sandwich ideas for the latest instalment in this popular new series.
Subway reveals plans to increase the number of stores in the UK and Ireland, we bring you details regarding the Food & Drink Expo at the end of March.
Lovebites founder Richard Smith, looks back at 24 years in the business.
Pret's former managing director offers some invaluable advice at the lunch! show.
Jonathan Scoffield, Director of Marketing at Greencore Food-to-Go, delivered some fascinating insights into the sandwich industry and the challenges it faces, in a key address at the BSA’s recent AGM.
We take a look at why consultant Juliet Shield experiences as sence of disappointment on visiting Pret A Mangers Marbeuf site.
The Sandwich Factory's Managing Director, Tony Cleaver, looks back at his long career in the trade, in an exclusive two-part series.
Juliet Shield takes a look at London's new Scandinavian sandwich trend. Subway and Pret A Manger are members of Jacques Borel's VAT Club.
We take a look at The Real Wrap Company, bring latest news about Deli Lites, and see what happens when Ian Barker and Rugby Leagyue star Jon Wilkin buy a sandwich bar near Warrington.
We take a look at what Prets Director of Food, Caroline Cromar had to say at the recent lunch! show.
Nelle Nichols checks out Pickle & Rye, and Food-to-go packaging company Colpac celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.
The results from this years Sammies.
We take a look at Waitrose's new Summer sandwich range, and Nellie Nichols discusses how, with a few tweaks, M&S's Food on the Move should be a great success.
We talk about about how the make-up of your chiller cabinet is going to be changing fast over the next few years, and Chester sandwich bar owner Dave Roach talks about his next move.
