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Hot topicsCatererSearch automatically pulls together all of its published articles on the industry's key topics. TV chef wants school meals to be free
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Merton agrees to make changes for better school mealsA campaign for better school meals in the London borough of Merton has also succeeded in convincing local council leaders and caterers that quality must improve. Market snapshot: Fast food and take-awayThe UK fast-food and take-away market – burgers, pizza, chicken, sandwiches, fish & chips and ethnic – was valued by consultancy Key Note at £8.38b last year. Healthy eating for kidsWhilst Jamie Oliver has been working hard to improve the nutritional content of school meals, many chefs and restaurateurs around the country have also been re-vamping the menus they offer children. Low fat, less sugar, less saltNever before has so much emphasis been put on the need to eat healthily. What the weekend papers say
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Local produceA series of major food crises in recent years – including BSE, E-coli and foot and mouth – has encouraged chefs, restaurateurs and caterers to seek out local food producers and suppliers, in an attempt to gain greater control over the food they purchase.
Dinner ladies to test skills course pilotSchool catering staff could soon be sent on a healthy food training course to help the Government hit its targets on healthy eating. People 1st, the catering sector's skills council, will pilot the course with contract caterers next week, to help them provide healthier options to schools. Catering staff will learn how to balance fat, sugar and salt in meals, and to understand how the body reacts to nutrients and minerals. Dinner-ladies will also be shown how to encourage children to eat healthy food. If successful, the training could form the basis of an accredited qualification and become the national standard. Phil Raynsford, People 1st's director of policy, research and development, said: "We wanted to help the industry meet Government compliance on nutritional food quickly and easily. We will report the findings of the pilot scheme to them at the end of March." How to...... eat your way out of depression In BriefSandbach resurgent, Potatoes back in the pan, Fine for dodgy drinks... School caterers reject low-spend contracts
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