Lunch Time to Get Even Better as Free Range Eggs Make the Menu Everyday

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LONDON, September 22, 2010 - Westbury Street Holdings announced today that from the 4th October 2010,
its food service companies BaxterStorey (www.baxterstorey.com/),
Caterlink (www.caterlinkltd.co.uk/) and Holroyd Howe (
www.holroydhowe.co.uk/) will only be using free range eggs for the 800
sites for which it caters. The companies which between them currently use
7.5m eggs a year, will source all eggs from a single, independent, third
generation family owned farm, Staveley's Eggs in Chorley, Lancashire.

In a break from usual industry practice, which sees contract catering
companies regularly using eggs conforming only to minimum animal welfare
standards, Westbury Street Holdings is making a public commitment to procure
only fresh eggs that exceed current regulations for animal husbandry. The
move precedes new EU legislation which is scheduled to come into force across
Europe in 2012 banning the production of eggs using chickens kept in battery
cages.

Caterlink, BaxterStorey and Holroyd Howe are known for their passion for
using only the highest quality ingredients sourced seasonally from the UK,
allowing them to provide their chefs with the best seasonal produce from
which to create exciting menus. Additionally, the companies and their 9,000
strong teams are keen to ensure that all of their fresh eggs are coming from
chickens that are well cared for in accordance with the RSPCA's Freedom Food
standards.

This announcement follows an earlier move last year whereby the companies
put in place a supply chain to ensure that all of the fresh meat they use -
over 1 million kilos annually - comes only from farms located within the UK.

According to a new report (
www.mintel.com/press-centre/press-releases/538/food-for-thought-animal-welfare-tops-britains-food-concerns)
from Consumer Research Group Mintel (May 2010), animal welfare tops the
list of Britain's food concerns with as many as 40% of Britons worried about
the issue. "More and more consumers are concerned about welfare improvements
in local farming as well as the ecological and health impacts of using
battery chicken cages. These consumers are the same people who go to work
in offices and who study at schools and colleges every day. As the caterer
we have a duty to respond to their concerns and provide them with meals that
address their -food choices when we are feeding them during the day and
where they are not necessarily in control of the ingredients that are put
in their lunch," explains Alastair Storey, CEO, Westbury Street Holdings.

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He continued, "We serve 25 million meals a year. Sourcing our free range
eggs from one farm gives the people who dine in the restaurants we manage the
confidence to know that we can pinpoint the exact origins and pedigree of the
food they are eating. This is a decision that we are proud to announce and
it's a move that will benefit our clients, customers and the UK farming
industry."

According to statistics released by Compassion In World Farming (CIWF)
there are currently over 300 million egg laying hens in the EU, 26 million of
those are in the UK. Over half of the UK's egg laying hens (14 million) are
confined to barren battery cages. Intensive battery farming leads to many
hens suffering from serious ailments, including the brittle bone condition
osteoporosis. This contributes to about half a million deaths amongst hens in
their cages across the EU each year.

Steve McIvor, Director of Food Business, Compassion in World Farming,
said: "It is very positive to see a company which plays such an important
part in feeding the UK population taking the welfare of laying hens so
seriously by ensuring that the eggs they serve are free-range. Their move
will benefit 27,000 hens per year and we hope to see other companies
following from their lead."

Notes to editors

Four ways in which chickens are kept and eggs produced:

1. Laying cage system

Typically a laying cage system consists of a series of at least three
tiers of cages. The cages have sloping mesh floors so that the eggs roll
forward out of the reach of the birds to await collection. Droppings pass
through the mesh floors onto boards, belts or into a pit to await removal.
This practice will be outlawed by the new regulations in 2012

2. Barn System

Around 4% of eggs sold in the UK in 2008 were produced in the barn
system.

In the barn system hens are able to move around the house. The Welfare of
Laying Hens Directive stipulates a maximum stocking density of 9 hens per
square metre of useable floor space for systems installed since 1st January
2002. Perches for the hens must be installed to allow 15 centimetres of perch
per hen. Litter must account for one third of the ground surface. This is
used for scratching and dust bathing. This practice will become the minimum
standard for keeping chickens in 2012.

3. Free Range

The Welfare of Laying Hens Directive stipulates that for eggs to be
termed 'free range', hens must have continuous daytime access to runs which
are mainly covered with vegetation and with a maximum stocking density of
2,500 birds per hectare. The hen house conditions for free range hens must
comply with the regulations for birds kept in barn systems. The free range
and organic systems accounted for around 38% of eggs produced in the UK in
2008.

4. Organic

Hens producing organic eggs are always free range. In addition, hens must
be fed an organically produced diet and ranged on organic land.

Organic eggs are produced in the UK according to criteria set by the
Advisory Committee on Organic Standards (ACOS) - which sets basic standards
for organic production in the UK, in line with EU legislation.

About Westbury Street Holdings

Westbury Street Holdings owns a niche portfolio of best in class
hospitality and catering operations. The company's specialist catering
operations, BaxterStorey, BaxterStorey Ireland and BaxterStorey Scotland
deliver catering services for business and industry clients, state education
catering is provided by Caterlink, Holroyd Howe Independent serves the
independent school market, Portico delivers corporate reception management
services and benugo is a New York style deli with retail outlets and
concessions in leading leisure venues. Between them, the businesses employ
over 9,000 people across 800 sites and own an 8% share of a GBP4.1bn market.

Further information: Video story and photography available. Please use contact details below. Alastair Storey, CEO, Westbury Street Holdings is available for interview. Contact - hothouse communications: Adrienne Cohen, Managing Director, t. +44(0)7799-888316, adrienne at hothousecomms.com; Lydia Oakes, Associate Director, t. +44(0)1790-543909, Lydia at hothousecomms.com; Christine Thompson, Associate Account Director, t. +44(0)7725-647476, christine at hothousecomms.com