11 Mar 2020
Campaign empowers schools to reduce single-use plastic
The average Brit currently throws away 34kg of plastic packaging ever year, which is the equivalent weight of 5,000...
10 Mar 2020
Spring Seminar hears of threat to UIFSM
LACA chair Stephen Forster told delegates to the Spring Business Seminar there were ‘rumours and speculation’ about the...
10 Mar 2020
Coeliac UK updates online training course for caterers
The charity launched the interactive online course in 2014 and since then over 7,000 chefs and catering staff have...
10 Mar 2020
Norse Catering releases six recipes in support of Veg Power campaign
According to Veg Power, children who saw last years campaign were twice as likely to eat more vegetables.
In support...
10 Mar 2020
SCOTY 2020 winner appears on BBC North West and BBC Breakfast
The SCOTY competition is organised by LACA and sponsored by McDougalls. The competition encourages school chefs from...
10 Mar 2020
Transport for London (TfL) continues to promote junk food despite ban
A public consultation found 82% of Londoners support a junk food advertising ban, which was backed by public health...
10 Mar 2020
Tri-Label encourages businesses to support ‘Natasha’s Law’
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is developing a working interpretation of the types of food, which this legislation...
09 Mar 2020
School dinners helping to reduce childhood obesity in primary schools, new research finds
The new research found a quarter of all UK children are overweight or obese when they start school aged four to five and...
09 Mar 2020
Action on Salt launches campaign to reduce salt consumption
The current target is to reduce the average salt intake for adults to six grams a day from an average of over eights...
06 Mar 2020
North West school chef wins LACA School Chef of the Year 2020 crown
The LACA organised competition sponsored by McDougalls is a chance for school chefs to showcase their professional...