Mars bar shortage causing gaps on UK supermarket shelves | Food & drink industry

Mars bar shortage causing gaps on UK supermarket shelves | Food & drink industry

Shoppers looking for Mars bars have been encountering empty shelves and “out of stock” messages on supermarket websites, with some stores warning they are not expecting deliveries for two weeks or more.... Read more »
The Baring, London N1: ‘A benchmark of where pub dining is heading’ – restaurant review | Food

The Baring, London N1: ‘A benchmark of where pub dining is heading’ – restaurant review | Food

En route to the recently revamped The Baring in Islington, I wondered if we need a newer, better word for “gastropub”, not least because nobody ever liked that word anyway. In the... Read more »
The Plant Club, vegan Italian food, London restaurant review

The Plant Club, vegan Italian food, London restaurant review

The words “vegan” and “pizza” together almost sounds like blasphemy. Add to that, “vegan mozzarella”, “vegan parmesan”, vegan… well, anything, and you could have an Italian uprising on your hands. While Italy... Read more »
Walter’s, London: ‘So many reasons to go back’ – restaurant review | Food

Walter’s, London: ‘So many reasons to go back’ – restaurant review | Food

Walter’s, 84 Park Hall Road, London SE21 8BW (020 8014 8548). Snacks £3.80-£5, starters £9.50-£13, mains £19.50-£26, desserts £7-£7.50, wines from £19.50 It was when they started playing the original recording of... Read more »
Tatale, London SE1: ‘Elegant, but defiantly homespun’ – restaurant review | Food

Tatale, London SE1: ‘Elegant, but defiantly homespun’ – restaurant review | Food

Tatale, a new pan-African restaurant, arrives on the London dining scene at a time when it cannot help but make competitors feel slightly drab. Recent flash new openings in the capital have... Read more »
Labour-run council blames heatwave for suspending food and garden waste collections for a MONTH

Labour-run council blames heatwave for suspending food and garden waste collections for a MONTH

Fury as Labour-run council blames the heatwave for suspending food and garden waste collections for a MONTH – with some residents forced to wait six weeks before ‘rotting food’ bins are taken... Read more »
Redbridge Council grants BIM’S fast food restaurant late licence

Redbridge Council grants BIM’S fast food restaurant late licence

A fast food restaurant in Ilford Lane has finally won permission to open later – more than two years after its first attempt. BIM’S will now be allowed to stay open an... Read more »
Junk food advertising restrictions prevent almost 100,000 obesity cases and is expected to save the NHS £200m | News

Junk food advertising restrictions prevent almost 100,000 obesity cases and is expected to save the NHS £200m | News

A restriction on junk food advertising across the Transport for London (TfL) network in 2019, has resulted in 94,867 fewer cases of obesity, 2,857 cases of diabetes prevented or delayed, and 1,915... Read more »
Southwark’s Food Flagship pioneers aiming to make school meals healthier – South London News

Southwark’s Food Flagship pioneers aiming to make school meals healthier – South London News

Six schools are leading the way to healthier, more nutritious food in all schools across Southwark, thanks to a charity.  The six are part of a joint programme between the council and Impact on... Read more »
‘Vicious’ machete killer who murdered mother taking food to sons in lockdown jailed for 41 years

‘Vicious’ machete killer who murdered mother taking food to sons in lockdown jailed for 41 years

Shadika Patel, 40, was waiting for a bus when she was stabbed seven times by the killer A killer who brought ‘the stuff of nightmares’ to the streets of East London when... Read more »