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24Vend

Battling the big guy….

14/12/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Would you think of taking on McDonalds?  Well no, nor would I – but it can be done - and you can win.... Yesterday I was talking to Gillian White of 24Vend, sponsors of the new and very popular 'Food to go and for vending machine' category in this year's FreeFrom Food Awards, …

Category: Big BusinessTag: 24Vend, Food to go category in FreeFrom Food Awards 2014, FreeFrom food awards 2014, Gillian White, Golden Arches, Hero of Alexandria, MacDonalds, MacDonalds insults the vending industry, Planet Vending, vending machines

‘FreeFrom’ moving forward

22/09/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

Cressida and I spent two very enjoyable days last week in Daventry at the Food and Drink Innovation Network's two-day 'freefrom summit' which I was chairing. FDIN freefrom seminars are a well established tradition by now – I think this was the  fifth – but this was the first time …

Category: Dairy-free, Food, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: 24Vend, 3 million wanting gluten-free food in food service, allergen action levels, allergen labelling in food service, allergen labelling regulations, allergen thresholds, Antony Worral Thompson, Boulder Brands, Coeliac UK, Dell' Ugo chickpea pasta, FDIN, Food and Drink Innovation Network, FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, Freefrom food, FreeFrom Food Awards Innovation Award, Freefrom in vending machines, freefrom seminars, gluten-free menu options, Horizons and freefrom in food service, Ilumi freefrom ready meals, Mintel on freefrom, Pearlfisher brand design, training in food service, Udi's gluten-free, VITAL 1, VITAL 2, What allergy?

Healthy vending – there is such a thing?….

14/06/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  4 Comments

That was the response of 80% plus of those who took part in our vending survey at the Allergy and FreeFrom Show last weekend. But why? A vending machine is only a box. There is absolutely nothing instrinsically either healthy to unhealthy about it. But because, over the last 40 …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, Food, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, NutritionTag: 24Vend, Abercromby Vending, Allergy and FreeFrom Show, AVA, chair of Guild of Food Writers, coeliac disease, food-to-go, FreeFrom Food Awards, Gail Pastry Company, Gillian White of 24Vend, gluten-free food in vending machines, Guild Food Writers, healthy vending machines, hydration for concentration, It's Only Natural, Moshi Monsters, NHS Glasgow has healthy vending machines, obesity blamed on vending machines, presenteeism, Richard Erlich, school meal queues, Schools Drinks Company, Ultradian performance rythm, Vending machine survey, vending machines, vending machines banned from schools, vending machines ideal for 24/7 grazing, Working Families

Freefrom, freefrom and more freefrom…

14/06/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

As you might have noticed from the dearth of recent blogs, the last two weeks have been heavily taken up with freefrom food events – first the first European FreeFrom trade show in Germany, then the Allergy and Freefrom Show (complete with the presentation of the Freefrom …

Category: Allergies, Blogging/social media, Coeliac/celiac disease, FreeFrom Food, FreeFrom Skincare, NutritionTag: 24Vend, Alex Gazzola, Allergy and FreeFrom Show, Being Healthy Vending conference, Foodsmatter on Facebook, FreeFrom Food 2013, FreeFrom Skincare Awards, Lady Gaga on Twitter, Linked IN, Pinterest, Stephen Fry on Twitter, Truly Gluten Free, Twitter

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