by louise-sims-bloom | Mar 14, 2017 | News
Demand for organic food and drink has risen for the fifth year in a row. Annual UK sales were up 7.1 per cent in 2016 to top £2billion for the first time, a report found. Much of the rise was driven by high street chains including Pret a Manger, McDonald’s – which...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 28, 2017 | ICSA, News
Becoming a business owner certainly has its advantages: take having greater control over your working day, coupled with the feeling that you’ve built something of your own – for many it’s all that’s needed to give up the life of an employee and become their own boss....
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 16, 2017 | Campaigns, News
When I started my cookery school 25 years ago, my ethos of buying local, seasonal, organic (wherever possible) produce was something very new to my students. How times have changed and thankfully for the better. Back then I wrote scathing articles both in the UK and...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 17, 2017 | News
After the excesses of Christmas and New Year, let us turn our thought to the rest of the world where many struggle every day to survive and keep their families from being hungry. ICSA will be running articles and information during Fairtrade Fortnight (Monday 27...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 10, 2017 | News
Carrageenan is a thickener and stabiliser derived from seaweed that food companies use in a wide range of products. Low fat dairy, nondairy milks, and yogurts are some of the common grocery items that contain carrageenan. This food additive has been controversial for...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 9, 2017 | News
ALDI is to give more than 3,000 staff a pay rise making it the highest-paying supermarket in the UK. Employees at the bargain chain will earn £8.53 an hour and £9.75 if they live in London, starting from February 1. The German discounter said more than 3,350 UK...
