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Flavia English Breakfast is certified Rainforest Alliance
With the increasing importance of sustainability across the globe, FLAVIA have been working with the Rainforest Alliance to source some of our finest ingredients from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms.
UK Vending Ltd are excited to announce that in addition to certifying FLAVIA Smooth Roast, Colombia and Rich Roast fresh-ground coffees back in October 2008, we are adding a tea to this range – FLAVIA English Breakfast.
Now at least 30% of our FLAVIA English Breakfast fresh tea leaves are sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms.
Flavia have been working with the Rainforest Alliance to source coffee beans from certified farmers. To be able to certify our coffees with the Rainforest alliance green frog logo, at least 30% of the beans need to be sourced from these farms.
The Rainforest Alliance is a leading international conservation organization. Their mission is to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that live within them by implementing better business practices for biodiversity conservation and sustainability.
Companies, cooperatives, and landowners that participate in the Rainforest Alliance's programs meet rigorous standards for protecting the environment, wildlife, workers, and local communities.
The livelihood of more than 25 million people depends on coffee cultivation.
Following crude oil, coffee is the most highly traded commodity in the world. Coffee plantations where the rain forests have been conserved are a blessing for wildlife. Coffee bearing the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal comes from plantations that protect these forests along with rivers, wildlife and the people.
Workers on these plantations and their families are treated respectfully, paid appropriate wages, receive medical treatment and have access to education. The Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal guarantees that these coffee plantations are managed in accordance with strict standards for social and environmental sustainability set by the Rainforest Alliance and their affiliated partner organisations.
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Health Aspects of Using China Cups
Reusable V Disposables
How can we help reduce risk of infection
use of reusable cups poses a risk, if the cup is not washed in boiling water, cross contamination could occur, transmitting disease from worker to worker or customer to customer.
Have a look on the edge of the glass or mug, and you will quite often see the lipstick from a previous user, this indicates that the process being used to clean the item is not adequate, putting users at high risk.
Even without an obvious sign, a glass or china mug may look clean, but unless it has been completely sanitised bacteria or viruses can live on the surface without being visible to the naked eye, infecting the next user of the glass or china mug.
Reusable glasses like the ones found in hotel bedrooms would pose the same risk, and the question has to be asked, how are these cups and glasses being washed ready for the next occupant?
Solution
The quick fix to all this would be to use single service products like a paper cup or disposable glass, you then have the confidence that everyone is starting with a completely safe vessel. At this time I do not think anyone can be putting customers or staff at risk with reusable items.
Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared to stabilize at its epicenter. A toddler who succumbed in Texas became the first death outside Mexico.
New cases and deaths finally seemed to be levelling off in Mexico, where 160 people have been killed, after an aggressive public health campaign. But the World Health Organization said the global threat is nevertheless serious enough to ramp up efforts to produce a vaccine against the virus. The group raised its pandemic alert for swine flu to the second highest level Wednesday, meaning that it believes a global outbreak of the disease is imminent. It was the first time the WHO had declared a phase 5 outbreak.
WHO Director General Margaret Chan declared the
phase 5 alert after consulting with flu experts from around the world. The decision could lead the global body to recommend additional measures to combat the outbreak, including for vaccine manufacturers to switch production from seasonal flu vaccines to a pandemic vaccine.
"All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans," Chan told reporters in Geneva. "It really is all of humanity that is under threat in a pandemic."
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UK Vending leads the way to another first.
UK Vending Ltd, provides the first ever BaggagePin vending machine. Our specialised vending team sourced the correct vending machine, tested the products and installed at Stansted Airport.
The BaggagerPin vending machine came complete with a note reader and credit card payment system. |
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Fusion customers
come to UK Vending
Martin
Button, Managing Director of UK Vending Ltd, says 'We are
delighted to partner with Mars Drinks to supply Fusion customers their
unique FLAVIA drinks and we welcome Fusion customers to the UK Vending
family".
For
more than 40 years UK Vending Ltd has served discerning vending
customers throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. UK Vending Ltd is
a very highly respected, customer-friendly, family owned and operated
business that has successfully supported the FLAVIA brand for over 26
years. An exclusive Platinum Distributor partner of Mars Drinks, UK
Vending Ltd shares the same drive for quality and service in bringing
only the very best products to you that Mars Drinks has in developing
and manufacturing them. UK Vending Ltd is privileged to have many
customers they have looked after for over thirty years and even more
for over twenty years with dozens joining daily - maybe this indicates
to you something of the UKV commitment to quality service? UK Vending
customers stay because they have found something worth sticking with -
a 21st century business with real standards.
Visit
our new look Shop
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Visit Our Blog
Did you
know that there are many other sources of information available
to you from UK Vending?
We have
our product & services web-site at www.ukvending.co.uk
as well as
the bargains in our on-line shop.
At
www.ukvending.eu
you can
peek at our 'Corporate Social Responsibility' website where the
fascinating articles and information about how we and our wonderful
staff do what we do for the world community in which we all live will
astonish you. After all, you really should know who you are dealing
with.
For
intriguing articles about who we really are please visit our
websites by clicking on any of the links above or here to visit our
fascinating BLOG
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UK Vending Rental
When
you and your colleagues still need the
convenience of vending hot drinks and chilled water or perhaps snacks,
cans or bottles to refresh your busy day in the workplace but the
worldwide economy is struggling and there is a squeeze on how you make
capital purchases of things like vending machines - what can you do?
Vending is significantly more affordable than in-house canteens or
catering but money is scarce. With the UK economy struggling, capital
purchases must be scrutinised and justified before any organisation
makes a purchase.
Capital
expenditure may be curtailed no matter how vital the
requirement. So now is the right time to consider a UK Vending rental
or leasing scheme. Do you know about the tax benefits of this form of
acquisition and why it can be so much more financially efficient? Are
you aware of how rental can free up your cash and provide you with
another credit line? Next month we explain the financial ins and outs
of rental - underwritten by UK Vending and its financial partners just
for you. We have been in vending and rental for forty years - listen to
the experts.
Read
Blog
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UK Vending Guardian
Angels & Daisylove
It
started with one child and became a
scheme to help more than 20. Next year that number will grow and who
knows where, if ever, it will end. It began with the view of one of our
UK Vending employees who thought that his coins dropped in the
occasional collecting tin outside Sainsbury's made very little
difference to the world and that maybe instead of trying to help so
many with so little we could make a real difference by taking complete
responsibility for just one or two kids that needed our help. The
original one or two are now twenty four children aged from 17 down to
just a few weeks plus six children and their respective families.
Twelve years ago that first 'one child that needed support' came along
and we sponsored her schooling and medical care and we sheltered her in
a safe community - then another, and another came along until UK
Vending's Managing Director and staff found they sheltered, educated
and cared for twenty four children. In 2008 we decided to work with the
Daisylove Foundation to expand our aims and available help. We did not
stop with only looking after children in Southern Africa. We donated
and supported overseas medical appeals and donated to Darfur relief. We
created the UK Vending Outreach scheme to assist kids living on the
streets in Britain. We partnered local community projects and even an
entire dogs' home. We have been successful in our business and we have
a dedicated staff with very little staff turnover because we all like
and respect each other. We have been very fortunate and we try very
hard to share a little of our good fortune with others.
Visit www.ukvending.eu For more
about the UK Vending Guardian Angels
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