Please see attached the "Healthy Catering" Presentation and the draft criteria for the healthy catering award that were both given to the group at Casablanca café, from Brian Griffiths - Food safety team manager.
Croydon Food Group are hosting a restaurant safari, ideal for business networking. Guests will enjoy a 3 course meal, with each course being at a different restaurant and a chance to meet a new person. (glass of wine and coffee included)
Safari dates are as follows:
22 September Purley – Zaal, Ban Thai & Buenos Aires Restaurant
23 September South Croydon – Fish & Grill, Le Cassoulet tbc
24 September Crystal Palace – Los Torres, A Torre & Mediterranea
Only 30 places on each safari so no time to monkey around! Come and join the hunt!
Tickets are £30 book now to reserve your lion’s share (pre-booking only) email kday@croydonbusiness.com or call 020 8680 6102
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 ontheir 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.
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
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:
Croydon Food Group is fully supportive and several of its members are taking an active part in several fairs, discount voucher schemes and demonstrations notably for a whole day i.e. 23rd October 2008 in the Whitgift Centre . This full day will be concluded by the formal launch of the Croydon Food Group at Jury's Inn, Croydon between 6.00to 8.00 pm.
