Premcrest Wholesale Blog
-
July 09, 2026Read MoreCafé menus have changed a lot in the last five years: oat milk went from a niche to the norm, compostable cups became the standard, and "sustainable" moved from a marketing buzzword to a customer expectation. The next shift is happening at the bottom of the cup: zero-waste stirrers.
Edible stirrers are quickly becoming one of the simplest, lowest-cost ways for cafés, coffee shop chains, and hospitality groups to cut single-use plastic without changing how drinks are made or served. If you're an operations manager weighing supplier options, or a sustainability lead trying to hit a waste-reduction target this quarter, this is one of the easiest wins available to you right now.The Problem With Plastic & Wooden Stirrers
Most cafés don't think twice about stirrers until -
June 23, 2026Read MoreQuick Answer: Edible stirrers are 100% natural, food-grade mixing spoons that hold their shape in hot or cold drinks for up to 30 minutes, then double as a snack once stirring is done. They replace plastic stirrers, paper straws, and the complimentary side biscuit in a single sustainable, shareable product.
In the hospitality industry, every small detail leaves a lasting impression, and the humble drink stirrer is no exception. Plastic stirrers have been off the menu in England since 2020, well ahead of the wider crackdown on single-use plastic cutlery, GOV.UK guidance confirms the restriction is permanent, with local councils able to fine businesses that break it. Paper straws were the obvious first swap, but most go soggy before
-
December 17, 2018Read MoreIn readiness for this year's Fairtrade Fortnight, the Fairtrade Foundation has now opened the petition at www.stickwithfoncho.org.uk. They have also made the final batch of resources available for download:
- Presentations – Check out the brand new super-swish Prezis!
- A briefing for MPs on the campaign to send to them (and ask them to write to Vince Cable encouraging him to support the petition ask)
- A PR & Media toolkit (for all year round - see a template press release for Fortnight here)
- Create your own materials toolkit (if they want photos of Foncho, banana illustrations an
-
November 01, 2018Read MoreWith Fairtrade fortnight round the corner, why not join other schools up and down the country with your own fairtrade tuck shop. This is proving a great way to get kids involved with the running of the shop so that they gain practical skills while supporting fairtrade at the same time—a true win-win.
We have a minimal mark-up policy in place in the hope this will persuade more people to try ethical products and are therefore confident that you will get the best possible prices from us.
Also, we stock a huge range of fairtrade branded products from Café Direct / Clipper for your tea / coffee for the staff room to Divine Chocolate / Traidcraft / Jelly Beans and many, many more for your tuck shop stocks. The Fairtrade Orange and Fairtrade Apple Juice is proving a particular favorite with the Academy schools.
The extensive range we carry, coupled with keen prices, has proved a real hit from Primary schools to
-
October 31, 2018Read MoreThe Fairtrade Foundation is offering a 'before' and 'after' evaluation to assess the success of the Fairtrade scheme in your school. The purpose of the audit is to see what is happening in your school, which entails a questionnaire aimed at assessing the level of Fairtrade awareness and activity among the staff, pupils, and members of the local community.
The audit can be done straight away… simply take the questionnaire round to different people in your school for answers.
Want to know more? Please email schools@fairtrade.org.uk
-
October 31, 2018Read MoreWhen winter comes, it brings along with it many things: shorter days (it is dark when people are going to work or school and it gets dark when people are coming back from either work or school), the unbearable cold temperatures, snow, heavy rain, and winds. And not forgetting what winter is best known for: Colds & Flu.
Here at JohnVenes, we have a wide range of products to help you relieve the symptoms of Colds and Flu. Our products vary from cough syrups to Nasal sprays to sweets that help soothe that tickle in the throat.
During winter, you may also experience dry skin and chapped lips due to the loss of moisture to winds, low humidity, and central heating. To prevent this, individuals should wrap up warm when going outside, moisturize their skin daily, apply Vaseline to their lips or a lip balm, exfoliate their body to get rid of the dead skin that starts to form during the cold weather, and humidify rooms to add moisture and soothe dry skin.
At JohnVenes,
