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World Food Day

World Food Day

Every 16 October, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations celebrates its founding day in 1945 on what is called “World Food Day”. The day is observed in some 150 countries worldwide and is among the best well known and most participated in of all UN observances. Thus, it is not just an […]
UK Coffee Weeks starts here

UK Coffee Weeks starts here

UK Coffee Week is a nationwide fundraising initiative that supports coffee growing countries and their mission is to create a united platform where coffee operators, trade professionals and consumers can all come together in celebration of the coffee industry and raise funds in a fun and enjoyable way. Venues and coffee houses across London including national brands such as Starbucks, Caffe […]
Coffee: does it really perk you up – or staves off feeling drowsy?

Coffee: does it really perk you up – or staves off feeling drowsy?

Who hasn’t woken in the morning and first thing switch on the kettle and make your first cup of coffee of the day. Your aim is to perk yourself up, wake up and face another busy day, right? Well, actually no. New research has been published that kind of puts pay to the idea that […]
Today is world porridge day

Today is world porridge day

You don’t have to be Scottish to enjoy the nutritious and filling benefits of a meal of porridge and what better excuse to use than knowing that today is World Porridge Day. Around the world today will see porridge fans celebrate the simple and nourishing meal. Porridge has been a part of the national diet […]
A few words about reverse vending machines

A few words about reverse vending machines

Reverse vending machines are automated machines that are used to collect and process empty beverage containers, such as bottles and cans. These machines are typically found in public places, such as grocery stores, shopping centers, and other retail locations. The process of using a reverse vending machine is relatively simple. Users simply insert their empty […]
4 interesting facts about coffee

4 interesting facts about coffee

Here at UK Vending it goes without saying that we love a good coffee, and we pride ourselves on delivering the very best right to your workplace, school, or wherever you may be. Sometimes we ask ourselves probing-questions about what coffee is, what coffee means to people. Then we jump on the internet and find […]
Today is International Coffee Day

Today is International Coffee Day

Most of us don’t need an excuse to enjoy the wonderful aromas and the delicate taste combinations of our favourite blend of coffee, but when we’re presented with a celebration of all things coffee we all usually take part don’t we. Well, today is International Coffee Day and we’ve been celebrating on this day since […]
MacMillan Coffee Morning

MacMillan Coffee Morning

Every year since 1990 MacMillan Cancer Support has been staging one of Britain’s most successful and seemingly simple fundraising enterprises the famous MacMillan Coffee Morning. The idea is stunningly simple, buy a coffee and a cake and donate the money you would have spent on a treat for yourself to the charity. Since 1990 £138 […]
Sugar rationing ends 80 years ago today

Sugar rationing ends 80 years ago today

If you were a child on 25th September 1953 a whole new world emerged that day. Sweets and chocolate became more readily available because eight years after the end of the Second World War sugar rationing came to an end. During the war sugar was one of dozens of what today we would consider to […]

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