Due to heavy snow in Sheffield, and the resulting transport issues for both guests and suppliers, we’ve had to make the decision to cancel the Master Chefs dinner due to take place on Saturday 23 March at Firth Court.

We’d like to apologise to any guests who this has affected.

Fairtrade Fortnight 2013 is all about going further for Fairtrade, whether it’s trying a new Fairtrade product or pledging your support and signing Fairtrade’s online petition.

All the hot drinks served in eatwithUS cafés on campus and in the residences are Fairtrade, but this year, we’re giving you the chance to try more Fairtrade products than ever before, making it even easier for you to support Fairtrade.

Fairtrade Taster Sessions

We’re running two “go further for Fairtrade” sessions where you’ll have the chance to learn Barista skills and create the perfect Fairtrade hot drinks, sample Fairtrade wine and enjoy a range of Fairtrade nibbles.

Tuesday 26 February 2013

5.30pm – 8pm

Jessop Café, Jessop West

Tuesday 5 March 2013

5.30pm – 8pm

Jessop Café, Jessop West

The sessions are free to attend, but booking is required. To book your place, visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/eatwithus/fairtrade

Win a bike!

We’re giving you the chance to win one of two bikes during Fairtrade Fortnight. You can enter into our prize draw every time you purchase a Fairtrade product in our cafés, so the more you buy, the more chance you have of winning! Ask a member of staff for more information and to enter the prize draw.

Free flavoured syrup in your Fairtrade Coffee

During Fairtrade Fortnight why not add some flavour to your coffee with a shot of syrup on us? Just when you thought Fairtrade coffee couldn’t get any more delicious, wait until you try it with vanilla, caramel or almond flavour! Please note, syrup flavour availability varies by café.

Juice is a new initiative to help University staff take care of their everyday and health and wellbeing at work, but the Juice meal deal is available to everyone!

For just £3.50, choose:

1) Any sandwich – look out for the Juice stickers on sandwiches with 300 calories or fewer
2) Two pieces of fruit
3) 500ml bottle of water or 250ml fruit juice

The Juice meal deal is available in all our eatwithUS cafés. Plus don’t forget to use your eatwithUS Reward Card to collect points every time you buy – with 5 points for every £1 you spend and each point worth 1p, you’ll soon save up enough points to treat yourself. Pick up a card in a café today!

Here are details of just some of the local suppliers we use:

Innovative local business, Our Cow Molly, was set up in 2007 by a family of dairy farmers who’d been producing milk on their Sheffield farm for three generations. We stock their range of delicious ice-creams from our very own Our Cow Molly ice-cream cart – perfect for a summer lunchtime treat! The ice-cream cart will be on the move around campus throughout the summer. Our Cow Molly ice-cream is £1.50 and is available in a range of flavours.

The award winning Yorkshire Crisp Company believe that local is best. They only use Sheffield spuds – transported to the factory by tractor – and Yorkshire-based packaging suppliers to reduce their impact on the environment. If that wasn’t enough, you can have even more of a taste of Sheffield by sampling their exclusive Henderson’s Relish flavour! Yorkshire Crisps are stocked in all our outlets for 95p.

You may not have heard of Yorkshire company, Total Foods, but if you’ve tasted one of their cookies, you’ll know why we sell over 30,000 of them every year! Available in moreish Toffee & Pecan and Triple Chocolate flavours in City View Café, The Common Room, IC Café and many more locations for just £1.20.

When you book your catering with us, you’ll no longer need to dispose of the plastic platters which we use to transport your food.

With every delivery of food from us, you’ll be given a green bag to put your used platters into. All we ask is that you put them into the bag when you’ve finished with them – there’s no need to wash them – and the energy and environment team will come and collect them for you.

If you’re in a building with a porter’s lodge, you can also drop them off there. Simple!

If you’d like the energy and environment team to collect your platters, email waste@sheffield.ac.uk.

For more information about our new policy, email refresh@sheffield.ac.uk.

We’ve also introduced some specialist teas and biscuits to make your meetings that much better. Our new Border Biscuits come in five mouth-watering flavours and are hand-baked in Scotland. Our latest Clipper Teas are Fairtrade and are made from natural, organic ingredients. Why not treat yourself to a hand-baked biscuit and a cup of tea?

For more information about our new refreshwithUS online booking system, click here.

The award recognises commitment to improving the lives of animals by sourcing only higher welfare eggs, chicken or dairy produce for their catering.

Winning the award has shown that the refreshwithUS team really are good eggs – with over 3,000 eggs being used by them each month.

Tracy Carr, Executive Chef for refreshwithUS at The University of Sheffield, said: “We take our commitment to ethical and environmental issues very seriously and are always looking for new ways to reduce our impact on the environment. We always try to use local suppliers and ethically sourced produce and by only using free range eggs we’re supporting animal welfare. Small changes really do make a big difference in a large organisation like the University and it’s really important that we do our bit to make the world a better place. Plus, we think free range eggs taste better!”

Over 265 million hens, chickens, pigs and dairy cows are set to benefit each year as a result of the Compassion in World Farming winners’ policies.