Warwick Food & Drink presents

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

Jamie Oliver

• Vitamins and Minerals• Fats – Good Fats• Improves digestion• Health benefits• Aids Weight Control

Why Eat fresh food?

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

Over £51m spend on obesity drugs (www.telegraph.co.uk)

25% of UK population obese (www.ic.nhs.uk)

What’s the big deal about healthy eating?

£75m spent on Government Change for Life campaign(www.changeforlifewm.org.uk)

Fresh ideasGovernment “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

Why not take a brisk walk to a different outlet?!

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!

Any questions?

Remember

The Choice is Yours