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Food waste heroes reducing waste activity pack
July 2011 A resource that will help your pupils to look at where food…
School FEAST Network - developing the school food workforce
The School FEAST (Food Excellence And Skills Training) network helps ensure…
Calculating the nutrient content of school lunch recipes: A Caterer's Guide
June 2008 A guide to enable caterers and support staff in the school catering…
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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)
Cook for Success issue 16
The January 2012 edition of Cook for Success is out now, packed with updates, seasonal recipes, tips from school cooks across the country and ideas for…
School meals - achieving efficiency
October 2011. Our new, one-stop guide to developing an efficient meals service for schools and academies is available here
Free School Meals Matter Toolkit
September 2011. Resources and support from the Trust to help schools increase the take up of free school meals.
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.
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,…
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…
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…
