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Dates for your diary

1st–30th September 2008
Highland Feast

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5th–7th September 2008
Dundee Flower and Food Festival

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6th–21st September
2008 Scottish Food Fortnight

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26th–27th September 2008
Lunch! The Contemporary
Food To Go Show
Old Billingsgate, London

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28th October 2008
10th Annual Food,
Diet and Health Conference

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31st October–2nd November
BBC Good Food Show 2008
SECC, Glasgow
Come and visit us
on stand C68
 
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In this new section we ask caterers who have achieved the healthyliving award what they think of the award and about the benefits it has brought them.

This time we asked Keith Hemingway, Senior Food Production Controller at Royal Edinburgh Hospital:

  • Q. What were your main reasons for applying for the healthyliving award?
  • A. To help to make all NHS establishments the same, as some had the award and others hadn’t.  Workers who use the dining room often ask for healthier choices so we were also responding to customer demand.
  • Q. Do you feel that working towards and achieving the healthyliving award has been worthwhile?
  • A. Yes, it has made a big change to our customers, and seems to be a big topic at lunch times.  We have also developed question and answer sheets for diners and we are hoping to gain more ideas from our customers.
  • Q. Would you recommend the healthyliving award to other caterers?
  • A. All establishments should be looking towards healthy living, as there are too many quick, high fat meals.
Food Service Sector
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Customers
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issue seven: August 2008
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