New healthy stations for primary schools

Children can visit the Pasta Point, stop at the Spud Spot, or pop along to the Sandwich Station or even call for the Cook's Choice. Each food station offers a choice of main meals and desserts, with three out of four stations available each day. The new menu is currently being trialled in three primary schools before it rolls out across the city. Children at the first school to try it – St Margaret's Primary in Whalley Range – commented on the trial menu: "The new dinners are great. Yum Yum", "I love the Pasta Point the best", and "I like them a lot." Michelle Hargreaves, marketing manager for Manchester Fayre, who is introducing the new meals, commented: "Our menus are nutritionally-analysed to ensure that they meet the required food and nutrient-based standards to provide children with a healthy, balanced meal. "There are different main courses and desserts available (including vegetarian and Halal options) every day at each food station. And we always have on offer milk, water, bread rolls, cheese & biscuits, fruit, yoghurt and a selection of freshly-baked cookies." Pasta Point offers choices ranging from pasta bows and twirls to noodles or rice, Spud Spot serves jacket potatoes with a choice of four hot and cold fillings, Sandwich Station has a range of bread rolls and wraps with various fillings. And the Cook's Choice offers dishes including cottage pie, curry with rice & naan bread, and lamb burger with chips and salad. Weblink: www.manchester.gov.uk