When it comes to sustainable food choices, is the customer always right?

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Andrew Stephen of the Sustainable Restaurant Association argues the foodservice sector needs to take a more proactive stance in pursuit of true sustainability

Foodservice; the clue's in the second half of that word. Like any service industry, the perceived wisdom is that the customer is always right and what the customer wants, the customer gets. Incredibly,...

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