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Death of a catering executive

The Times today carries an obituary of John Greenwood, the former chief executive of RoadChef. According to the obit,
John Greenwood was a captain of the food service industry who as chief executive of the RoadChef chain of motorway service stations from 2001 to 2004 made sure that a decent cup of coffee was finally available […]

In the news

Today’s Sunday Express carries a story about the proposed “star rating” scheme for motorway services, and it includes three quotes from our reader comments. Unfortunately, I can’t find the story online at their website, so I can’t link to it, but I think it reports the situation pretty well.

Star ratings

According to a recent BBC news report, motorway service areas could soon get official “star ratings” similar to those used for hotels, etc:

Motorway service stations in England could be given hotel-style star ratings in an effort to improve quality, the government has said.
The “quality scheme” would look at factors including food and drink, toilets and […]

  

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