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Independent caterer Pabulum has revealed a bumper crop of contract wins this summer adding £1.8m to the company’s annual turnover.
Posted: 25 October 2010 | 12:00
Since its launch in 1990, LACA, the Local Authority Caterers Association, has come a long way. It now represents 750 catering managers and has been central to the post-Jamie Oliver efforts to reintroduce meal standards in schools. Chris Druce looks at a potted history of the country's largest provider of school catering.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 14:25
Love him or loathe him, few can deny the effect celebrity chef Jamie Oliver had when he turned his attention to school meals. Chris Druce looks at what he achieved and where the service is now - five years after the first episode of his TV show aired.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 14:07
The School Chef of the Year competition has become the premier event for those working in the sector. Chris Druce talks to past winners about what the contest means to them.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 13:10
Beverley Baker has just finished her second term as chair of the LACA. Janie Stamford asks her about her achievements and what the future holds for the association.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 13:01
What does the future hold for LACA and for the school meals service, as government funding is withdrawn or reduced? Chris Druce looks at the challenging times ahead.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 12:54
This week's Government spending review is expected to cut education budgets by up to 20%. So where does that leave school meals? Janie Stamford reports.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 12:45
Sandra Russell became chairman of school meals body the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) this month, just as school meals funding looks set to suffer under the chancellor's sharpened knife. Chris Druce spoke to her about the challenges ahead.
Posted: 14 October 2010 | 15:15
The new chairman of the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) has called on the coalition Government to invest the money saved from abolishing the School Food Trust (SFT) on front-line services.
Posted: 24 September 2010 | 17:11
The School Food Trust is set to be abolished, according to documents leaked to the press detailing 177 tax-payer funded quangos that face the chop. A further 94 Government bodies, including the...
Posted: 24 September 2010 | 11:38
The vetting and barring scheme, which affects those working in education and health services, is due to be 'fundamentally remodelled'. Emilie Bennetts asks what this means for those working with children or vulnerable adults.
Posted: 09 September 2010 | 16:13
Healthier meals in schools are encouraging children to be more open about what they eat at home, according to new research for the School Food Trust (SFT). A survey of 1,000 parents of primary and secondary school children found more than 80% of those with children that ate school meals said their youngsters had tried new foods at school.
Posted: 01 September 2010 | 10:56
Modernised service, consumer research and effective marketing have seen Accent Catering achieve school meals take-up lifts of 32% at its Kent girls' school contract. Since the company won the contract at Weald of Kent Grammar School for Girls in 2007, uptake of school meals has risen by almost a third.
Posted: 26 August 2010 | 11:50
Jamie Oliver's healthy eating crusade has earned him an Emmy for his US television series Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. "I can't believe it," said Oliver on his Twitter feed to over 580,000 followers. "Thanks to everyone that signed the petition, 650,000 of you."
Posted: 23 August 2010 | 11:45
The School Food Trust has released a new guide for new secondary school children to help them get the most out of healthy school catering. More than 12,000 pupils starting in year 7 in September across England will receive the guide...
Posted: 20 August 2010 | 15:25
Improved food and attractive dining spaces have stopped the decline in school meals take-up, but the majority of children are yet to be convinced, says Judy Hargadon, chief executive officer of the School Food Trust.
Posted: 12 August 2010 | 16:52
More than 4,400 people have signed a petition calling for continued government investment and support for the nation's school meals services, as part of the School Meals Matter (SMM) campaign by Caterer and Hotelkeeper, in collaboration with the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA).
Posted: 05 August 2010 | 10:39
Independent caterer Pabulum has been awarded a three-year contract to provide food services to five Berkshire primary schools. The Hampshire-based operator secured the deal worth £150,000 a year after the five schools decided to join forces and put their catering contract out together.
Posted: 04 August 2010 | 12:24
If it wants to protect quality in the wake of the cuts to school meals, the Government must divert money to front line service, says Dolce managing director Dan Curtis.
Posted: 16 July 2010 | 17:00
The Government has been urged not to undo the progress made in healthy school meal provision by local authority caterers. Speaking at the Local Authority...
Posted: 15 July 2010 | 15:11
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