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New app highlights health benefits of school catered lunches
The Veggie Run app, which presents the newly created Crunch Bunch team, was designed in partnership with local children and is supported by public health programme Change4Life to address the rising
Ian Hamilton appointed chief executive of catering company, HCL
Hamilton took over from former chief executive Lin O’Brien this April following her retirement from HCL.
Edwards & Blake appoints Richard Hughes as its food ambassador
The role will involve Hughes in a number of initiatives and cookery competitions in Edwards & Blake’s 160+ primary and secondary schools to promote healthy eating and encourage and enhance stud
Hertfordshire Catering Ltd supports programme to prevent holiday hunger
Fit and Fed is a national StreetGames initiative that seeks to counter holiday hunger, physical inactivity and social isolation.
Campaigners call for ‘more sustainable’ eating, with particular focus on meat and dairy
Compiled by Eating Better and 52 partnering organisations, including Friends of the Earth, Sustain, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Compassion in World Farming, ‘Principles for Eating Meat and
Premier Foods appoints Unilever’s former sales director
McLoughlin joins after 17 “successful” years at Unilever, commenting: “I’m looking forward to getting fully immersed into the Premier Foods business.
Compass wins £5 million catering contract with Merchiston boarding school
Provided by Compass’s independent education sector, Chartwells Independent, the group will serve the 450+ pupils breakfast, lunch and tea seven days a week as well as hospitality catering and clean
New survey highlights rate of tooth decay surgery for children
With the government’s soft drinks industry levy coming into effect last week, PHE’s Change4Life campaign is reminding parents that sugary drinks – including juice drinks – are one of the main sourc
Schoolchildren in poorer areas eating out for lunch due to unattractive conditions
The study was published in the April issue of the journal Children and Society; part of a special issue examining food poverty and inequality, co-edited by lead researcher on the study, Professor W