LACA’s Chair of Events, Neil Porter, said the marathons would try to be as representative and inclusive of the LACA regions across England and Wales as possible.
The finalists were picked after Judges from Unilever Food Solutions and The Children’s Food Trust reviewed paper entries.
The shortlisted nominees are:
The Daily Mirror reported a warning from experts that 21% of the 80,000 school catering workforce may lose their jobs is the Conservative Party scrapped free school meals for pupils between five an
Instead, they want the party to recommit to supporting the School Food Plan and the recent Childhood Obesity Plan.
The Conservatives made the pledge to end the scheme this morning at the launch of its manifesto and replace it with a free school breakfast initiative to increase the overall schools budget by £4 b
On June 8th the country will go to the polls for the third time in two years after the Prime Minister shocked much of the country by calling for a snap General Election.
The competition saw LACA ask for tweets showing the best examples of school meals and offered a prize of £500’s worth of marketing resources or equipment for the winning entrant.
New for this year is the NSMW Daily Marathon – Powered by School Food.
The event is historically held in the first week of November, but has been moved this year because of difficulty in pinpointing when schools and local authorities are holding half term.