The company has won the national award for the standard of its school meals service at the Stirlingshire School, where 400 meals are served each day to its pupils, from nursery right through to senior school.
The Food for Life Catering Mark is a unique, UK-wide scheme which rewards public and private sector caterers who serve fresh food that is free from controversial additives and better for animal welfare.
John Owen, headmaster from Beaconhurst School said: “Healthy, tasty food that is locally sourced not only forms a key part of our school’s philosophy; it also makes sense! We have also recently been awarded our Eco Green Flag and our partnership with Sodexo underpins the school’s ethos. We have a fantastic community spirit across all our age groups from nursery to senior school.”
Graham Box, managing director, Sodexo in Scotland, explained:: “We are delighted to have achieved the Soil Association’s bronze Food for Life Catering Mark at Beaconhurst School and especially so as it is the first independent school in Scotland to secure this accolade.”
Soil Association Scotland director Laura Stewart added: “We are delighted that Sodexo has achieved the bronze Food for Life Catering Mark for Beaconhurst’s school meals service. Food plays such an essential role in our health and wellbeing throughout our lives, and it is vital that our children can enjoy fresh, seasonal, healthy and tasty meals that are not only good for them, but better for the planet too”