Associated British Foods plc (LSE: ABF) is a British multinational food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £6.0 billion and over 75,000 employees in 46 countries. It is headquartered in London, England, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index.

If there is something left from my European upbringing, it is the importance of food as a way to create a convivial setting.In 'Gourmet canteens give workers food for thought' , Rhymer Rigby offers a few examples of how British companies have turned what used to be cafeterias into full blown restaurants.Food fuels the brain!

An Italian importer of Third World organic food is fighting against a British plan to 'ban' all organic food from being flown into the island nation.