LACA reacts to 1.7% increase in funding for universal infant free school meals
This represents a small increase on the current £2.30 funding for each meal and means total funding over a school year for eligible pupil is worth £444.60.
This represents a small increase on the current £2.30 funding for each meal and means total funding over a school year for eligible pupil is worth £444.60.
The latest in our series of 'The Future of Your Service' webinars, it starts at 11am and will explore the likely impact of a planned expansion of free meals provision together with new food and dri
Young Food Ambassadors for the Children’s Right2Food Campaign argue that coronavirus pandemic has resulted in high levels of food insecurity, but that the inequality and food insecurity issues face
It is taking place on Thursday, July 16th at 10am, is scheduled for 90 minutes and it is free to join.
The webinar, to be chaired by LACA’s events group chair Neil Porter, will feature a panel of key industry players with their view on what the 'new normal' could look like for education catering ope
B&I contract business, its biggest market sector, saw revenue drop from £2.9bn to £1.9bn, a downward move of 28.5%, though the company had earlier forecast this might be as much as 30%.
Nevertheless, Matt White, chair of The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) believes the higher education sector will rise to the challenge and says he remains optimistic about the longer-term p
“It provides one hot, healthy, balanced meal every day that their parents can’t always prepare for them, she told a LACA webinar yesterday (June 24th).
Its Holiday Activities and Food programme will support up to 50,000 disadvantaged children across 17 local authority areas with the aim to help them to stay healthy and active over the summer.