Croydon Healthy Catering Award Meeting Notes
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Upcoming Meetings
Watch this space for the 1st Year Anniversary Party for the Croydon Food Group
Surrey Street Market
Steering Group Meeting
26 September 2009 - A Surrey Street Sizzler
July 2009 Event - Croydon Food Festival Brainstorming Event
Please find attached details of the July 2009 event being hosted by the Croydon Food Group. This is a very important event, as we will be registering businesses for participation and involvement in the Croydon Food Festival 2009.
Please confirm your attendance as spaces are limited.
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The Essentials of Marketing your Products - Seminar
Date: Thursday 18th June 2009
Time: 15.30pm for 16.00pm start until 18.00pm
Venue: Casablanca Cafe, 124 Cherry Orchard Road, CR0 6BB
Transport: East Croydon Station
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Previous Meetings held
Date: Tuesday 28th April 2009 Time: 9.00 for 9.30am start until 11.30
Venue: New Wokʼs Cooking, 1453 London Road, Norbury, London SW16 4AQ
Transport: The nearest station is Norbury, which is a 3 minute walk away or there is usually some parking available in side streets off London Road.
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Scores on the doors - presentation and discussion
Date: Wednesday 21st January 2009 Time: 3.00 –5.00 p.m.
Venue: The Glamorgan, 81 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon CR0 6BE
How to get there: East Croydon rail station - 5 minutes walk. Also buses and Tramlink nearby. Restricted parking. Closest car park is Wellesley Grove Car Park.
Background to event
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) plans to introduce a national scheme of Scores on the Doors by the end of 2008. Two schemes are being evaluated before a decision is made as to which one to adopt before publicly awarding 500,000 food businesses with a score on their compliance with food hygiene and management practices. There are two significant parts used in any assessment. The first determines the frequency of inspections and the second, fixes the star. Each risk area is assessed according to the types of food and methods of handling and the numbers and vulnerability of the consumers.
The benefits for well-run food businesses will be that a high score will demonstrate higher management and hygiene practices, thus increasing status, whereas a poor score could have grave consequences for the food business.
It is vital that food business operators aim for the highest rating. It is also important to ensure that wrong or misleading scores are avoided. So it is important to understand how the scoring system works. A number of Croydon Food businesses have expressed that they would like more clarity on how the system works.
Therefore, Brian Griffiths, Food Safety Team manager, Croydon Council to give a presentation to cover the following:
How the scoring system works
What the key criteria are for achieving high standards
What the food safety team look for during inspections
One of the Croydon Food Group members will give her account of her recent efforts in achieving a five star rating.
Followed by Q & A
Places are limited so please RSVP to:
info@croydonfoodgroup.com Tel: 020 8452 5268
Croydon Enterprise Business Hotline: 020 8680 6161
Croydon Food Group is funded by Croydon Enterprise, supported by Croydon Business and delivered by The Raft Consultancy
Past Meetings
3. Croydon Food Group Meeting on Wednesday 19th November 2008.
Invitation to:
Branding workshop for food businesses
Date: Wednesday 19th November 2008 Time: 4.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Venue: Peppertons, 25 Selhurst Road, London SE25 5PP
Workshop Leader: Pamela Frazer
How to get there: Selhurst is the nearest station by train and there is
some car parking available in the local side roads.
What you will get out of the workshop: How a better
understanding of branding can benefit your business.
We shall be discussing the difference between having a logo and
developing a brand. That difference needs to be part of everything you
do, the culture of how the team works, the way the premises look and
way you and your staff interface with customers at every point of
contact. Then developing ways of reinforcing that positioning at every
point of contact with the customer and maintaining consistency.
For all businesses, large or small, it is important to be differentiated
from the competition or just be another ʻme tooʼ operation competing on
price alone.
Key elements of Workshop
• Welcome and Introductions
• Initial perceptions of Brands
• When does a logo become a brand?
• Differentiation
• Marketing positioning
• Your customers, your competitors
• Your proposition to customers
• Maintaining consistency
• Managing your asset
There is no charge for businesses in the Croydon LEGI area, but
numbers of places are limited, so please RSVP before Friday 14th
November to:
info@croydonfoodgroup.com
Tel: 020 7624 0533 Pamela Frazer: Mobile: 07984 234840
2. Croydon Food Group Meeting on Wednesday 10th December 2008.
This is a networking event and will include discussions about the interim steering committee of the group.
1. Croydon Food Group Launch Event on Thursday 23rd October 2008, from 6.00pm to 8.00pm at Jury's Inn, Croydon. The conference facilities are sponsored by Jury's Inn
