John Vincent

  • Free school meals: one year on

    THERE WAS better news for free school meals this week, with new research suggesting 95% of parents who have taken up the offer for their kids recognising the benefits.                   Most parents… Read More

  • Under 8’s to receive free school meals in the UK

    PLANS TO give all primary school children free school meals in the UK have been announced as part of a coalition deal between the Tories and Lib Dems, Nick Clegg has announced.   The £600 million scheme will see an… Read More

  • A head for fajitas

    HEADTEACHERS AND their relationship with catering staff are central to the success of the new school food plan. But will it help increase ‘stubbornly low’ levels of take-up?                        … Read More

  • LACA serve up school meal for MP’s

    MP’S GOT THE opportunity to see how much school dinners had improved since their time at school when the Local Authorities Caterers Association (LACA) served up lunch in the Houses on Parliament.   Sixty MP’s and several peers were served… Read More

  • Subway targets schools

    SUBWAY IS REPORTEDLY in talks with a head teacher to open a branch at a school in Manchester.   According to the Manchester Evening News the food chain is in talks with Parrs Wood High School in Didsbury over the possibility… Read More