04 Jun 2020
ISS ‘Green Fingers’ gardening event for schools goes digital
Monday 11th May saw the launch of the two week event, which promotes growing and eating delicious fruits and veggies...
03 Jun 2020
Future of Public Sector Catering webinar panel confirmed
With a focus on school catering, and arranged in association with LACA, it will feature an interview with LACA chair...
03 Jun 2020
Younger age groups lead nation’s revival of interest in cooking
The survey, commissioned by the Stilton Cheese Makers Association (SCMA), also found that with 61% were trying new...
02 Jun 2020
Campaign urges Britons to eat more seasonal veg
With pubs, restaurants, and hotels currently closed, large quantities of local seasonal vegetables are at risk of going...
01 Jun 2020
Back to school – but FSM families likely to ignore return
The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) research, funded by Nuffield Foundation, is based on a national...
29 May 2020
DfE publish new guidance on providing free school meals
Providing meals or food parcels through your food provider
We know that many schools and food providers are already...
29 May 2020
Sandwich-maker Adelie Foods goes into administration
The company has appointed Rob Harding and Richard Hawes, restructuring partners at Deloitte, as joint administrators to...
27 May 2020
5m adults in UK ‘experiencing food poverty’ according to online poll
The figures suggest that two months into lockdown, 4.9m adults (9% of the UK population) are still experiencing food...
20 May 2020
Weekly Update from Stephen Forster
If you were unable to tune in, I was accompanied by Neil Porter, Jacquie Blake and Brad Pearce who discussed the return...
20 May 2020
More fruit and veg, less red meat and sugar on Scottish school menus
They also mean it will become the first part of the UK to set maximum limits for consumption of red and processed red...