The new contract, which is for three years, will see Sodexo deliver its Food & Co school meals offer to the Trust’s three secondary, two special needs schools and seven primary schools. The schools in the Trust are situated in Greater Manchester and Blackpool.
Steve Hawkins, managing director for schools, Sodexo UK & Ireland said: “Our team at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls have done an outstanding job over the last ten years and it is their commitment to delivering service excellence combined with our great fresh food offer that has enabled us to win this sought-after contract.
“We are already welcoming our new colleagues to our team. There is a staggered roll out with eight schools mobilised since 1 September with the remaining four scheduled to go live at the end of the first half term.”
Sodexo was chosen for its ‘innovative and flexible’ Food & Co offer which was taste tested by more than 20 students as part of the tender process. Sodexo will be ‘transforming’ the dining halls with input from students through its Agents for Change programme.
Anna Sharpley, director of business & commercial finance at Bright Futures Educational Trust said: “Sodexo demonstrated throughout the tender process their commitment to provide healthy, nutritious meals that young people enjoy and whilst doing so minimising the impact food services has an on the environment through its actions to tackle food waste and through its approach to social impact.
“It is this commitment, and very successful taste tests with our students, that make Sodexo our partner of choice. We are both committed to the approach that in everything we do, we are accountable to the children, families and communities that we serve.
“At Bright Futures we are big on mental and physical health and wellbeing. The provision of interesting, nutritious, and tasty meals is so important for our children. We are looking forward to seeing all our dining halls revamped with Sodexo’s colourful Food & Co designs and seeing our students benefit from the healthy, balanced and popular food that the Sodexo teams will deliver.”