Healthy eating

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No sweets, so caterers may pull out of schools

Private caterers have admitted they will think twice about bidding on state school deals if profitable confectionery items are banned.
Posted: 23 March 2006 | 00:00

More cash in pot for school meals

More cash could be found to improve school meals than the pledged £220m, a Government spokeswoman told a school meals conference last week.
Posted: 23 March 2006 | 00:00

New salt reduction targets published

salt shakerThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published new voluntary salt reduction targets for food manufactures and retailers today.
Posted: 21 March 2006 | 16:02

Gloomy future for fizzy drinks

Drinks companies must make products healthier or perish, soft drinks giant Britvic said today, as it revealed pure juices had outsold full-sugar colas in 2005.
Posted: 17 March 2006 | 10:34

Oliver looks for more cash for school meals

School food campaigner Jamie Oliver wants the Government to establish a 10-15 year plan for school meals.
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00

SFT must do better

In early March the School Food Trust (SFT) released its first report advising Government ministers on new standards for food in schools other than school lunch.
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00

Jamie Oliver continues quest to improve school meals

dinner ladiesCelebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to call on the Government to establish a 10-15 year plan to improve school meals.
Posted: 14 March 2006 | 16:21

Junk food ban could drive caterers away

Private caterers will ditch state school contracts if chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks are banned, leading industry figures have warned.
Posted: 09 March 2006 | 18:00

The junk food just has to go

As a parent, I applaud the School Food Trust's recommendation to withdraw confectionery, crisps and fizzy drinks from school vending machines - one of the proposals on non-lunch school food revealed by the trust last week.
Posted: 09 March 2006 | 00:00

Survey reveals that Britons are opting for healthier foods

Britons are increasingly ditching unhealthy foods in favour of more nutritious options, according to two new surveys.
Posted: 07 March 2006 | 14:36

What the weekend papers say

weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Healthier school dinners cause take-up slump; Rezidor to build £34m hotel in Edinburgh; Accor set to exit travel agency business
Posted: 06 March 2006 | 10:24

School Food Trust begins consulatation period to ban sweets from schools

school girl eating appleCaterers, food groups and schools have been asked to respond to the School Food Trust’s proposals for food other than lunch.
Posted: 03 March 2006 | 18:08

School Food Trust demands ban on chocolate, sweets and crisps in schools

school girl Chocolate, sweets and crisps should be banned from schools, according to the School Food Trust.
Posted: 02 March 2006 | 12:22

Wirral dinner lady wins cook of the year award

Christina HughesA Wirral dinner lady has been crowned City & Guilds School Cook of the year
Posted: 20 February 2006 | 17:22

FSA denies it wants to ban unhealthy vended food

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) this week denied it was seeking a ban on the sale of sweets, fizzy drinks and crisps from vending machines in publicly funded buildings.
Posted: 17 February 2006 | 14:14

Kent kids given head start in healthy eating

St Joseph's school kidsWearing their handmade chef's hats, children at St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School in Gravesend, Kent, had a lesson in healthy food courtesy of Ian Nottage, Craft Guild of Chefs member and executive development chef at ingredient suppliers and "food innovators" Leathams.
Posted: 16 February 2006 | 00:00

Sign of the times

Sarah LelicEthical issues are becoming ever-more important to today’s consumers, writes Sarah Lelic, editor, mad.co.uk
Posted: 09 February 2006 | 12:42

Ireland rolls out School Meals Local Project

Issue 020605 pg8Officials are to visit schools across the Irish Republic to encourage the uptake of government subsidies promoting healthy eating.
Posted: 31 January 2006 | 17:58

MP calls for better care home meals

Plea for tougher action on minimum nutritional standards
Posted: 20 January 2006 | 08:00

Fresh Italy says no fat, no VAT

A London fast-food operator is calling on the Government to penalise unhealthy food by taxing it more.
Posted: 19 January 2006 | 00:00

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