Tag: Foodsteps

ExCeL London to dish up millions of lower carbon meals

Stuart Mitchell

ExCeL London, together with its long-standing catering partner Levy UK + Ireland, have announced a new partnership with food environmental data experts, Foodsteps, to help reduce the embodied carbon emissions in the millions of dishes its in-house team of chefs create and serve every year. Levy, the sports and entertainment arm of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has been ExCeL’s catering partner since the Royal Docks venue first opened in 2000, and has been putting food and drink at the heart of its 400 events and four million annual visitors…

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Recipe box meals use 23% less carbon than supermarket alternatives

Stuart Mitchell

Findings from environmental services company Foodsteps, reveal that dinners from leading recipe box Gousto, produce 23% less carbon emissions than equivalent meals from supermarket stores. A short supply chain and reduced food waste, contributes to each Gousto order saving 7kg of carbon dioxide (CO2e) emissions compared to the equivalent supermarket shop. In 2020 – a record year for sales – ordering from Gousto saved 40,000 tonnes of CO2e, which is like removing 4,905 cars from our roads for a year. If every home in the country replaced supermarket dinners with…

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