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The summer holiday period can pose challenges for many school pupils who rely on free school meals during term time. With schools closed, the responsibility falls on various stakeholders to ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds continue to receive nutritious meals. Contract caterers, with their expertise in food provision, can play a vital role in supporting schools and free school meal entitlements during the holidays. This article explores various ways in which contract caterers can make a difference and positively impact the lives of school pupils over the summer break.

Food within the independent school marketplace is a cornerstone for parents and pupils. With a focus on nutrition, sporting endurance, welfare and mental health all being attributed to a catering service within your prospectus, the advice from Red Box would be to ensure your dining experience is a positive one. Are you at a crossroads in determining if your facilities should take these services in-house or to outsource? Red Box summarises the two positions.

Following a turbulent year in Contract Catering, many of our clients have moved to Cost Plus models or Cost Plus with Guarantees to weather the storm. But what does this actually mean?

The return to school in September 2020 will be like no other we have known. We know that services will need to be looked at for both flexibility and cost as uncertainty, difference in requirements and delivery are all considerations for school decision makers going forward.

A new ‘normal’ in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Our lifestyles are changing and so are our eating habits. Caterers must provide this mealtime option to remain competitive.

In a world with a throw away culture, it is refreshing to see that some spirited companies are looking to provide a more tasteful slant on modern day gluttony.

Efforts to cut sugar from our food are reportedly off target.

Red Box Consultancy Services help your workplace determine which key points to consider and assist in evaluation of prospective catering partners.

Veganuary's 2019 campaign launched with a call on Parliament to 'Try Vegan' this January'! Operators could be losing money by not catering for this growing group.