Catering & Nutrition

With winter illnesses threatening to disrupt the school term and flu cases among school children currently twice the national average, parents are seeking ways to keep children healthy and focused. Now, a dietitian reveals that specific food choices – and how they’re introduced – can transform both eating habits and learning potential. …

A Northumbria University academic who played a key role in bringing breakfast clubs and holiday activities to millions of children across the country has been rewarded for her work in the King’s New Year’s Honours List. Professor Greta Defeyter, Director of the Healthy Living Lab at Northumbria University, has been …

Following the start of a national partnership in December 2023, leading meals provider, apetito has since made a real difference to charities and communities across the UK through donating the equivalent of around 57,000 meals to the UK’s leading food redistribution charity, FareShare. FareShare takes donations of surplus food from …

Chartwells, the UK’s leading school and education catering company, has launched the latest instalment in its ‘Spotlight Session’ digital learning series, this time focused on gut health. Starring former CBeebies presenter Katy Ashworth, the free educational videos and resources are designed for teachers to use in the classroom to educate and …

ProVeg UK, a non-profit organisation reviving school food, has launched a new programme this week called Canteen to Classroom to educate UK children about the health and environmental impact of the food they eat. According to UNICEF, nine out of 10 children are worried about climate change, with 89% of children saying they …

Children who take the Morrisons Foodmaker & Shopkeeper Tour will now be taught about the journey of British food from farm to store. Morrisons has added the British Food Module to its existing tours to show youngsters where fresh food comes from, teaching them how shorter delivery distances benefit the …

CRB Cunninghams, cashless catering provider to UK schools, has collaborated with Impact Food Group (IFG) caterers to bring a Grab-and-Go Recipe Guide to UK schools. The guide explores how school caterers can fulfil the increasing demand for on-the-go school meals and includes tried-and-tested recipes from IFG. Grab-and-go meals have become integral to …

Leading meals provider to the Education sector, apetito, has been presented with the prestigious King’s Awards for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, by Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Lt. General Sir Andrew Gregory KBE, CB, DL. The Award is the company’s fourth Royal honour, with apetito having previously won three Queen’s Awards for Enterprise …

As the Mayor of London last week announced that the provision of Free School Meals (UFSM) for all primary pupils in London would be made permanent if he is re-elected, letters coordinated by The Food Foundation have been sent to all metro mayoral candidates calling for them to champion bringing …

There is now more choice than ever on lunch menus, as leading school meals provider, apetito unveils seven new dishes in its Spring/Summer range, helping ensure schools can dish up a real variety of nutritious options to suit every pupil’s dietary requirements at lunchtime. New additions include Hunters Chicken, which …