Chip and Bin! Free chips for littler pickers at top Scottish shop

Chip and Bin!

Free chips for littler pickers at top Scottish shop!

With growing recognition of the impact of tourism on the natural environment, one small independent business, the Real Food Café in Tyndrum, has taken matters into its own hands with a campaign of litter picking in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park - and the promise of free fish and chips for everyone taking part. The first litter pick took place on Sunday, 30 May and will take place on the last Sunday of each month until October, with The Real Food Café providing volunteers with all the equipment required. Volunteers will be rewarded with free tea, coffee and biscuits plus servings of the café’s award-winning fish and chips. 20 spaces are available for each monthly event for anyone from café staff and locals, to visitors, families and senior citizens. Spaces must be pre-booked and all equipment will be provided, including high vis jackets, litter pickers and bags. Café Manager, Colin McGeoch who is spearheading the project will weigh the litter collected each month and announce the results on social media. Colin, who lives locally, formulated the idea for the campaign as he saw the effects on the local beauty spot of increasing quantities of littering: Colin said:“It’s been gutting to see my local area being treated like this every day on my way to work. We are proud to welcome visitors from all over the world to the Real Food Café. They come to this area because of its natural beauty but the volume of rubbish is increasingly destroying our natural environment. Community is at the heart of everything we do in the café, so we’ve decided to take the matter into our own hands. We decided to launch it to coincide with the Keep Scotland Beautiful campaign because this organisation is trying hard to tackle climate change and reducing litter and waste.”

The events are welcomed by Co-owner of The Real Food Café, Sarah Heward that come amidst her calls for improved infrastructure to support rural areas. Sarah has been at the centre of talks about the infrastructure of the local area for many years. Sarah said:“We absolutely love tourists visiting our café and the local areas, it’s our bread and butter and supports so many other rural businesses too. However, the areas are being degraded by litter and there are social issues that need to be addressed.As a family business, we work extremely hard to recycle our waste, ensure our customers are provided with plenty bins and that are packaging is biodegradable, but we’ve seen a huge raise in litter scattered all over Tyndrum.

How are you addressing the problem of litter in your community? Email austen@ chippychat.co.uk

Premier 1 League Champions for Over 30 Years!

Premier 1 Filtration first for quality and service

Premier 1 Filtration are proud to have so many fantastic fish and chip shops across the UK. At the National Fish and Chip Awards in the last thirty years they have had lots of shops and owners nominated who use their machines and/ or filtration products.

Steve Calvert Managing Director of

Merlin Filtration said. “We were thrilled to get so many winners at this year’s National Fish & Chip Awards. All these shops are incredible and their attention to detail is second to none. We like to think that this includes their filtration process which is where we help them to achieve the right results every time. We are proud to supply some of the best shops in the country with our products.

Our products are tried and tested by many more award winners too including The Magpie, Fish‘n Chick’n, Kingfisher & Deep Blue.”

Premier1 Filtration are the major supplier of Filter Machines, Filter Papers and Filter Pads to Fish and Chip Shops, Takeaways, Restaurants, Schools and Hospitals across the UK and Europe.

They introduced the Superpad to the industry in July 2003 giving customers a much greater level of filtration and the ability to remove the suspended particles (Cloudiness) in the oil or fat which leads to its rapid deterioration and breakdown.

With over 30 years’ experience in the industry both operating shops and supplying, maintaining and repairing filtration equipment and their customer service is second to none.

Filtration is a topic that is now more important to Fryers than it has ever been in the past. Filtration is traditionally, a process designed to remove particulates. For Frying oil, the target is longer oil life and healthier product, thus cost savings and a happier customer.

Other winning shops in the last 30 years at the National Fish and Chip Awards who use Premier 1 Filtration products include Quayside, Millers, Frankie’s, The Bay, Petrou Brothers and Fish & Chips @ 149.

Contact

T: 01325 377189 or 07836 370234 Visit: www.premier1filtration.com

Premier 1 Filtration The Choice of Champions!

2020 Cod’s Scallops

2015 Frankies

2010 Atlantic 2019 Krispies

2014 Quayside

2007 Townhead Cafe 2018 Millers

2013 The Bay

2006 Petrou Brothers 2017 Kingfishers

2011 Chips at 149

2003 Finnegans

Steve Calvert MD at Premier 1 Filtration, said:

“Congratulations to all past winners from the National Fish & Chip Awards. Premier 1 Filtration are one of the major suppliers of Filter Machines, Filter Papers and Filter Pads to Fish and Chip Shops, Takeaways, Restaurants, Schools and Hospitals across the UK and Europe. We are a proud supplier to many of the best fish and Chip shops in the UK.”

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Frymax is Committed to and Supports Sustainability.

SUSTAINABILITY

For several years Frymax has been made only from fully segregated certified sustainable palm fruit oil. This means that both palm oil and palm kernel oil are produced by palm oil plantations which have been independently audited and certified. The certification is provided by the official body, RSPO which has developed a set of environmental and social criteria member companies must comply with. Fundamental to this, is that no primary forests which contain significant concentrations of biodiversity, fragile ecosystems, or areas which are vital in meeting basic or cultural needs, can be cleared. This seeks to eradicate the threat of unsustainable palm oil plantations which damage both the regional and global environment and that of indigenous wildlife. Both Olenex and ADM, manufacturers of Frymax, support the global sustainability movement and RSPO. They also have an additional supply chain policy which requires Frymax palm oil producers to respect the core sustainability principles of, no deforestation of high carbon stock forests, no development on peatland and no exploitation of communities.

PROJECT MARIPOSA

Frymax sources some of its palm oil from Latin American countries and has undertaken to support producers by providing them with the tools and expertise to produce fully sustainable palm oil. The vehicle to do this is through a new initiative called Mariposa. Mariposa is about enabling growers to manage their palm trees sustainably. In the past three years Olenex has undertaken three very successful Smallholder programmes to support sustainability. Frymax carries the Mariposa logo on its packaging and it is hoped and expected that Mariposa will get increased exposure over time. Says Andrew Marriott, Brand and Marketing Manager of Frymax “We are determined to promote sustainability in any way we can and support those who produce the oils for our product. Our involvement in Project Mariposa demonstrates our commitment to achieve these aims.”

The aim is to support families with the means to develop, improve and maintain their sustainable production practices.

Simply the Best

There is Frymax and then there are other cooking oils. The difference is that we have been producing the same product with the same delicious results for over sixty five years. No changes, no additions and no modifications. Open a box of Frymax and you will see pure white premium palm. It is additive free, contains no hydrogenated oil and less than one per cent trans fats. Frymax is sourced from approved, certified production units and is one hundred per cent sustainable and traceable. Why has Frymax not changed in over sixty five years? Because we and top fryers know that to produce the best you have to use the best and there is none better than Frymax.

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