http://www.caterersearch.comA listing of all the latest school meals articles on caterersearch.comen-gbWed, 22 Feb 2012 17:07:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/02/22/342459/northumberland-pub-supplies-local-school-meals.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/02/22/342459/northumberland-pub-supplies-local-school-meals.htmBattlesteads pub in Northumberland has started providing meals for children at a nearby school after the school was forced to close its kitchen due to funding cuts. Wark First School in Wark near Hexham had to make its part-time cook redundant after budget cuts imposed...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:07:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/02/01/342128/gino-dacampo-partners-with-school-caterer-innovate-services.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/02/01/342128/gino-dacampo-partners-with-school-caterer-innovate-services.htmEducation catering specialist Innovate Services has announced a new partnership with Italian celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo. The TV chef and author has created 12 Italian pasta recipes that will be served at all 65 of Innovate's school, academy and college contracts.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:03:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/27/342092/five-croydon-schools-to-take-part-in-food-waste-pilot-scheme.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/27/342092/five-croydon-schools-to-take-part-in-food-waste-pilot-scheme.htmFive Croydon schools have been selected to take part in a 12-week school food collections waste pilot scheme, with a view to possible expansion across the borough. Recycling in Croydon was stepped up last year when a domestic food-waste collection service was introduced.Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/26/342070/innovate-says-only-7-of-lunch-boxes-comply-with-food-standards.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/26/342070/innovate-says-only-7-of-lunch-boxes-comply-with-food-standards.htmEducation caterer Innovate Services' recent research into packed lunches found that just 7% complied with the food-based standards for school dinners. The caterer's Lunch Box Amnesty study group also found that just under a quarter (24%) of lunch boxes analysed achieved the food-based standard.Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:37:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/25/342027/schools-invited-to-take-part-in-cook-for-the-queen-competition.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/25/342027/schools-invited-to-take-part-in-cook-for-the-queen-competition.htmSchools are being invited to compete for the opportunity to prepare a Diamond Jubilee menu for the Queen at Buckingham Palace. To celebrate The Queen's 60 years on the throne, British Food Fortnight is running a competition for schools in which students will create a menu.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:11:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/23/342001/pabulum-wins-450000-deal-with-wembley-high-technology-college.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/23/342001/pabulum-wins-450000-deal-with-wembley-high-technology-college.htmIndependent contract caterer Pabulum has won a two-year deal with Wembley High Technology College. Worth in excess of £450,000, the contract was won as a result of Pabulum's commitment to ethical catering.Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:24:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/17/341936/sft-issues-new-nutrition-guidelines-for-pre-school-children.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/17/341936/sft-issues-new-nutrition-guidelines-for-pre-school-children.htmThe School Food Trust (SFT) has issued new voluntary nutrition guidelines for pre-school children aimed at reducing obesity in under-fives. Nurseries, child-minders and other providers of early-years services now have a nationally-recognised source of information.Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:41:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/05/341776/soil-association-awards-pride-catering-three-silver-food-for-life-catering-marks.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/05/341776/soil-association-awards-pride-catering-three-silver-food-for-life-catering-marks.htmPride Catering has scooped a hat trick of silver Food for Life Catering Marks for its school meals work in the South-east. The caterer's contracts at Vineyard, Heathfield and Brookland schools - all in the South-east - were previously bronze. Pride now holds one gold, four silver and seven bronze catering marks.Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:21:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/03/341759/school-caterers-given-power-to-run-price-promotions.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2012/01/03/341759/school-caterers-given-power-to-run-price-promotions.htmSchool caterers have been given fresh ammunition to compete with the take-aways following a Government decision to allow price promotions. New powers mean that schools will be able to target particular groups of pupils with cut-price lunchtime deals...Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:33:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/12/13/341600/school-food-trust-launches-childrens-food-trust.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/12/13/341600/school-food-trust-launches-childrens-food-trust.htmThe School Food Trust has launched a new community interest company called the Children's Food Trust (CFT) in a bid to grow its work. The charity, formerly a non-departmental public body for the Department for Education, is working with social enterprise the CFT...Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:11:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/29/341364/contract-caterers-hit-back-at-oliver-over-school-meals-guidelines.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/29/341364/contract-caterers-hit-back-at-oliver-over-school-meals-guidelines.htmContract caterers have hit back at suggestions by Jamie Oliver that standards will be allowed to slip in academies, where the nutritional guidelines are not mandatory. The celebrity chef stepped up the second wave of his school meals campaign last week...Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:01:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/25/341318/jamie-oliver-slams-government-for-eroding-school-meal-standards.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/25/341318/jamie-oliver-slams-government-for-eroding-school-meal-standards.htmJamie Oliver has stepped up the second wave of his school meals campaign by slamming Education Secretary Michael Gove for "eroding" nutritional standards. The celebrity chef spoke out against the Government's decision not to make nutritional standards mandatory in free schools and academies...Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:23:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/25/341289/chartwells-wins-4.5m-school-meals-deal-at-derby-city-council.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/25/341289/chartwells-wins-4.5m-school-meals-deal-at-derby-city-council.htmCompass Group's education division Chartwells has won a three-year deal with Derby City Council worth £4.5m. The contract will see the caterer deliver catering services to 5,700 pupils across 32 primary and special schools in the city.Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:48:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/14/341053/buying-british-would-improve-the-standard-of-school-dinners.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/14/341053/buying-british-would-improve-the-standard-of-school-dinners.htmCaterers should buy British in order to improve the quality of school dinners, according to the Countryside Alliance Foundation. The charity organisation, set up to educate the public about the countryside, claimed that children's health, concentration and behaviour would benefit.Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/10/341023/cucina-introduces-seeds-to-plates-scheme-for-schools.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/10/341023/cucina-introduces-seeds-to-plates-scheme-for-schools.htmSchool caterer Cucina Restaurants has introduced a 'seeds to plates' scheme to keep meal prices down despite rising food supplier costs. Food prices...Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:53:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/07/340986/cordia-launches-first-in-school-caf-at-knightswood-secondary.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/07/340986/cordia-launches-first-in-school-caf-at-knightswood-secondary.htmGlasgow school caterer Cordia launched its first in-school café today, at Knightswood Secondary. Named the Scholars' Café, following a pupil competition, the new café was officially opened by the organisation's chair, councillor Jim Mackechnie.Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:09:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/04/340967/jamie-olivers-latest-school-dinners-plan-gets-a-mixed-response-from-the-industry.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/11/04/340967/jamie-olivers-latest-school-dinners-plan-gets-a-mixed-response-from-the-industry.htmThe school meals industry has broadly welcomed Jamie Oliver's new mission to 'save school dinners', but the celebrity chef has come under fire over the practicality of some of his proposals. In his Feed Me Even Better campaign manifesto launched last week, Oliver outlined his eight-point action plan.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:35:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/10/28/340896/leicestershire-catering-firm-wilson-vale-wins-two-schools-contracts.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/10/28/340896/leicestershire-catering-firm-wilson-vale-wins-two-schools-contracts.htmLeicestershire catering firm Wilson Vale has won two new school catering contracts with a combined annual turnover of £250,000. The independent caterer, which now has a portfolio of 16 education contracts... Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:35:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/10/17/340714/mpws-plans-to-improve-school-meals-dont-impress-the-department-for-education.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/10/17/340714/mpws-plans-to-improve-school-meals-dont-impress-the-department-for-education.htmMarco Pierre White has drawn up plans to improve the UK's school dinners, but following discussions with Education Secretary Michael Gove, the ideas have been shelved. The former-Michelin-starred-chef turned Bernard Matthews spokesman met with Gove last year.Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/10/17/340711/food-for-thought-wins-soil-association-award.htmhttp://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2011/10/17/340711/food-for-thought-wins-soil-association-award.htmFood for Thought, a not-for-profit caterer owned by 17 Merseyside schools, has been awarded the Soil Association's Silver Food for Life Catering Mark for...Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:33:00 GMT