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Warwick Food & Drink presents. Fresh Food, Fresh Ideas. Who are we?. Commercial division of the University Retail operation Event Catering Delivered Food Conferences. What do we do? Some Facts. A brigade of 18 chefs 7000 transactions a day 200,000 delegates catered for
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Warwick Food & Drink presents... Fresh Food, Fresh Ideas
Who are we? • Commercial division of the University • Retail operation • Event Catering • Delivered Food • Conferences
What do we do?Some Facts • A brigade of 18 chefs • 7000 transactions a day • 200,000 delegates catered for • £3.2m Purchased Food and Drink • 40 Hog Roasts/Barbecues • 40,000 Meals produced a week
Some Food Facts • £150,000 Fresh Dairy Products • Milk 62,000 lt • £400,000 Fresh Vegetables • Coffee Beans 400k • 5000 kilo Salmon • £500,000 Meat • 10,000 kilo Bacon
what we do - Locally source ingredients where possible - Use local suppliers - In house highly trained chefs - With many years of specialist skills - Fresh meals produced every day using fresh ingredients - Provide and promote a healthy range of menu choice
Why Eat fresh food? • Vitamins and Minerals • Fats – Good Fats • Improves digestion • Health benefits • Aids Weight Control
What to Avoid • Sugary Foods and Drinks • Refined Carbohydrates • Hydrogenated Fats • Caffeine • Alcohol • Processed Foods
What To Eat • Fruit and Vegetables • Lean Meat • Unrefined Carbohydrates • Oily Fish • Eggs • Beans, Lentils & Pulses • Nuts and Seeds
Top Nominated Superfoods • Apples • Broccoli • Olive Oil • Wholegrain Seeded Bread • Tea • Yoghurt • Bananas • Brazil Nuts • Salmon • Baked Beans • Pomegranite
What’s the big deal about healthy eating? 25% of UK population obese (www.ic.nhs.uk) Over £51m spend on obesity drugs (www.telegraph.co.uk) £75m spent on Government Change for Life campaign (www.changeforlifewm.org.uk)
Fresh ideas • Government “Adults Change4Life” campaign launched on 20 Feb 2010 • Swap It, Don’t Stop It • Six behaviours to swap • Plate swap • 5 A Day • Up and about • Snack swap • Fibre swap • Drink swap
We are also environmentally ‘healthy’... • Locally sourced (where possible)...less food miles • Bio-degradable & recyclable disposables • Recycle – coke zone / oil / plastics / paper • Fair trade produce as standard • Anaerobic digesters • Energy Saving Equipment • Our mission is to always ‘reduce, reuse or recycle’ everything we are able to, without impacting on the quality of our offer
How can we help? • Fresh Healthy Meals! • Made to order omelettes, jacket potatoes, home-made soup, salad • (including warm salads) • Healthy option on cafe menus & choice of accompaniments • Organic locally sourced ingredients at EAT Restaurant • Freshly prepared / cooked to order meals at Bar Fusion
New menu created for term 3 including: • Mediterranean chicken with roasted vegetables • Stir fry chicken with noodles • Tandoori chicken skewers with raita dressing • Salmon with lemon and pesto crust • Example accompaniments: • Herb Potatoes • Savoury Brown Rice • Jacket Wedges • Vegetables • Salad £3.95 chicken based dish £4.25 salmon based dish
80:20 Rule • Make ‘sensible’ decisions – life doesn't have to be dull!