Sustainable Inspiration

If you want to know the practical ways you can make your cafe sustainable visit the Sustainable Cafe of the Year 2012 - Ode Cafe, Shaldon in Devon.

 Coffee grounds for your garden

 Vegware cutlery

Simple wooden chairs and tables

Comfortable in its own Skin

Hot tip for 2013 - The Pig. 

 

Robin & Judy Hutson had great success with Hotel du Vin and now son Ollie joins in the kitchen garden.  I have never seen such a complimentary guest comment book.  The Pig sets the pace in terms of design, kitchen garden, sustainability, staff enthusiasm and being 'comfortable in its own skin'.

Crystal Cafe

Sodexo Prestige operate the cafe in The Crystal http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/about.html - a stunning new sustainable conference centre and exhibition building in East London.  Check out the adjacent Emirates Air Line cable car across the Thames which links the Crystal to the O2 arena.

Packaging and display is well thought through

Clear recycing messages

I Am Not A Plastic Cup

As we recycle more and more at home the pressure is on us caterers.  Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is ahead of the game with its free water cups.  Customers want to see sustainability in action.

Coffee Recycling

Notcutts garden centres tell the story of their coffee grounds being mixed with sheep wool and then sold as a fertiliser.  See more at Greencup Coffee.

POD - one to watch

Nine City of London locations, growing fast and voted Independant Retailer of the Year 2010-11.
http://www.podfood.co.uk/index.php

Their tag line is: Fresh, seasonal, healthy food in compostable packaging.  You can't argue with that.  Lots of green/sustainable/simple ideas:

How they fit out the place











Recycling station















Good to Great Cafes - chris.brown@turpinsmale.co.uk