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Eat Better, Do Better May 2012
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Free School Meals Translated Resources
April 2012. Our Free School Meals Matter toolkit contains a host of information and resources to help schools raise awareness about free school meals…
A quick guide to using variable pricing and discounting
Changing the prices of your school meals can also be highly effective in growing your sales and building your market for the longer-term. This guide has…
Eat Better Do Better March 2012
March 2012 The new School Food Trust Eat Better Do Better is here (Eat Better Do Better is the new name for the information update)
School meals - achieving efficiency
October 2011. Our new, one-stop guide to developing an efficient meals service for schools and academies is available here
A quick guide to free school meals
October 2011 The issue of free school meals is hugely important but can be complicated. If you are unsure where to begin and need some help in understanding…
Free School Meals Matter Toolkit
September 2011. Resources and support from the Trust to help schools increase the take up of free school meals.
The national school food standards: guidance for head teachers and governors
This website is a hub for all the latest information on schools' responsibilities when it comes to school food.
Recipes for Success
September 2011 The Recipes for Success series provides tried and tested recipes to help you offer a popular menu and overcome common challenges with meeting…
Food waste heroes reducing waste activity pack
July 2011 A resource that will help your pupils to look at where food is going to waste in school and why, and to explore easy steps to reduce avoidable…
MADGe School Year Calendar 2011-12
July 2011 Download our free academic calendar for your school kitchen or office to help you plan your marketing activity for the year. Produced as part…
SFT Information Update: June 2011
The new School Food Trust information update is here.
A quick guide to tendering your school catering service
May 2011 An education resource for schools and local authorities using the Food Delivery for Schools catering service framework.
Example Questionnaires
November 2008 Surveying pupils and parents and carers will help you to really understand the issues and concerns about school food.
Take up tracker tool and user guide
February 2010 The Trust has developed a take up tracker tool and user guide to help schools to record and monitor their school lunch take up.
Recipe Cards
January 2009 Ready to use and nutritionally analysed, these cards can be used to form part of your compliant menu cycle. With recipes of main courses,…
Guide for running a school meals tasting session
July 2009 Taste it for yourself.
Involving pupils to implement the nutrient-based standards for school food
August 2010 Advice from Heathside School, the first school in England to become compliant to the nutrient-based standards
Top Tips for writing a School Food Customer Charter
July 2009 A basic template to start you off with designing your own school food customer charter.
Work Up an Appetite for Change School Council Pack
July 2009 Work up an appetite for change: A project based resource pack to lead school council members through a process of debate, fellow students research…
School Meal Detectives primary school curriculum pack
October 2009 The School Meal Detectives - our curriculum pack designed for Key stages 1 & 2 to help develop pupil’s understanding of healthy eating…
Be Creative GCSE Curriculum Pack
July 2009 Be Creative: Curriculum pack for Key Stage 4 helping students to devise their own marketing campaign promoting school food to their peers and…
A quick guide to reviewing your school catering service
October 2010 If you're thinking about improving or fundamentally changing your school's catering service, then this guide is for you.
International recipe cards
September 2009 This set of recipes from around the world have all been nutritionally analysed and can be used to form part of your compliant menu cycle.…
British Seasonal Food Chart
January 2008 The seasonal food chart highlights vegetables, salad, fruit, meat and fish. It plots their availability across the year and their peak nutritional…
Guide to Secondary School Meals
August 2010 As your child moves up to secondary school, you may both have lots of questions about what to expect at lunchtime. We've put together a special…
A fresh look at efficient kitchens and dining spaces
August 2009 The Trust latest Fresh Look guide looks at how to improve kitchen efficiency using small amounts of capital funding. The ultimate goal being…
A fresh look at marketing school food
March 2009 This guide is to introduce basic marketing principles and bring these to life with real examples that can help you increase the consumption…
A fresh look at school food procurement efficiency and sustainability
April 2008 This fresh look booklet provides practical guidance to assist schools and local authorities to respond to the Government's efficiency and sustainability…
A fresh look at vending in schools
October 2007 This booklet is written to help those involved in the decision making surrounding the vending provision in schools, whether you are a head…
