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Catering and Nutrition
EATZ4U goes from
strength to strength
U
nilever Foodsolutions , the Eatz4U recipes, as well as
maker of KNORR foods, giving advice on portion control
launched a new initiative and wastage and offering
earlier this year, to help suggestions for getting the most
primary and secondary schools out of each meal.
increase school meal uptake by Schools in authorities such as
providing expert marketing, Salford, Solihull, Merthyr Tydfil and
culinary and nutritional Rhondda Cynon Taff will all be
support tailored to each local implementing Eatz4U in their
authority’s needs and schools this term and feedback on
requirements. trial stages of the programme has
Eatz4U works by inspiring the been extremely positive from both
children through front of house staff and students.
theatre that competes against Sally Bowen, Assistant Principal
similar high street offerings, whilst at Smith’s Wood Sports College in
also getting them excited about Solihull, finds the support from
food. The dedicated team at Unilever Foodsolutions one of the
Unilever Foodsolutions offers most beneficial parts of the
continual support throughout the programme, saying: “Working in
programme, with advice on partnership with Unilever
marketing execution and access to Foodsolutions has been really good
nutritional and culinary specialists. for Smith’s Wood, as we know
To assist with meeting that we have constant access to
nutritional standards , the Unilever nutritional and culinary experts
Foodsolutions Culinary Team has who can provide advice and tips
developed simple, easy to follow on nutrition, as well as the tasty
recipes in line with the standards recipes they have provided for
and helps to train school catering school meals.”
teams within each local authority
to ensure consistency across all uwww.unileverfoodsolutions
schools. The Culinary Team visit
.co.uk
PKL helps to enhance school
every local authority that signs up
uPaul.A.Harris@unilever.com
to the programme, teaching the u0800 783 3728
meals in Croydon
head catering staff how to cook
A pre-fabricated semi-permanent kitchen and dining complex from PKL, supplied
on a contract hire basis so PKL takes all financial risk, is being used to feed up to
500 pupils from three schools operated by Croydon Council.
The new temporary building, which will be on site for at least five years,
replaced a run-down kitchen building at Winterbourne Junior Boys, Junior Girls
and Infant schools site. It provides fresh preparation, hot production and cold
storage facilities, with space to accommodate over 200 pupils in one sitting.
“We used to send food from the kitchen to the Girls’ and Infants schools but
with the new facilities we are now able to bring the girls to the dining room to
eat. The new kitchen is also better equipped than its predecessor, so we have
more scope to enhance the meals in line with best practice for school meals,”
said Pearl Knights of the Council’s catering department.
uwww.schoolkitchens.com
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