A lot has changed in the last 14 years….
2004
The Hub is founded
2004
Sainsbury’s becomes fist major supermarket to introduce ‘traffic light’ healthy eating labels
2005
Social networking and online sharing takes off – Facebook followed by You Tube and Twitter closely followed
2006
New Nutritional Standards for School Lunches and Other Foods introduced by Education Secretary Alan Johnson
2007
Great Recession hits, followed by The Smoking Ban
2008
Figures for eating out in 2008 are down 11 per cent on the same period from last year and 39 pubs were closing every week.
2009
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust first to award The Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark
2010
Instagram launches in time for the introduction of the Apple iPad
2010
Volcanic ash disruption costs London alone £102m in lost tourist spending, with hotel occupancy down by as much as 25%.
2011
Nutrition and Hydration Week launched to raise awareness of the risks of malnutrition in care homes
2012
Booker acquires Makro
2012
London 2012 Olympic Games organisers ‘serve 14m meals’
2013
Horsemeat scandal
2013
Deliveroo founded in London and now operates in over 200 cities
2014
EU Food Information Regulation (FIR) allergen labelling enforced
2014
Introduction of Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)
2015
Nationwide 5p charge on plastic bags introduced in England
2015
As online delivery grows, Ocado exceeds £1bn in annual sales
2016
EU Referendum – UK votes to leave the EU and National Living Wage introduced
2017
Tesco closes two distribution centres as Amazon launches AmazonFresh
2017/18
Huge changes in the Wholesale channel:
o P&H goes into administration
o Co-op buys Nisa
o Tesco Booker takeover
2018
KFC forced to close half its stores due to switching to non specialist food logistics DHL
2018
Introduction of Soft Drinks Industry Levy
2018
The Specialist Foodservice and Retail PR & Trade Marketing Agency celebrates its 14th Birthday
Happy Hubbie 14th Birthday
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