to Issue 1 of our News for Schools, we aim to provide you with up to date news, ideas and product solutions to make healthy choices easier for dinner ladies to provide and pupils to enjoy.

takes ‘A Fresh Look at the School Meal Experience’ in their latest downloadable booklet, offering solutions to a number of factors which can create barriers to the uptake of school meals.

At Johnsons, we shape our product offering to provide you with solutions to make the uptake of healthy food an easier task.

Visit our specialist website for schools to find a great range of products which will help you to shorten queues, brighten up the school dining room, make food look more appealing and encourage children to choose healthy options.

For a host of information visit the School Food Trust.

A School offering food for sale as with any other food business is bound by food safety obligations. Click on the link here to access our HACCP information download which will help you to manage food safety issues effectively.

From September 2007, those working towards the Healthy Eating theme for Healthy Schools status will be expected to conform to the standards.

These will cover food sold through breakfast and
after school clubs, vending machines, tuck shops
and mid-morning break services, the basic principles
being:

No confectionary ; No pre-packed savoury snacks ;
A variety of fruits and vegetables;

Access to water; Drinks – water, milk, fruit juice,
yoghurt drinks.

Question: What is the difference between a fruit juice and fruit smoothies?

Please telephone or e-mail your answers.

Deadline for entries is Thursday 1st November 2007.

The draw will take place on Thursday 15th November 2007 and the winning school will be notified on Friday 16th November 2007.

The trend for school catering is going full circle with traditional plates and bowls replacing compartment trays and primary schools reverting back to family service for younger children.

Brightly coloured melamine dinnerware and serving bowls make food look more appetising and enhance the school dining experience for pupils.

Dishwasher safe, highly durable and great value for money; much more environmentally friendly than disposable alternatives!

For our fantastic offer – 20% off list price then contact us now.

The Cambro Salad Bar for Schools is the fun, durable non electric mobile food service solution.

The ideal piece of kit for the alternative tuck shop and the perfect choice for holding a healthy lunchtime ‘grab and go’ menu and it’s great for cutting down queues at lunch.

Contact us to discuss your requirements on 0115 976 1621.

Ask about our Fresh Ideas Pack – novel ways to use the salad bar, with themed lunch ideas great for stimulating kids to make new food choices.

Salad bars have been one of our top selling products for 2006/2007.

We will shortly be posting a case study onto the Schools Food Trust website which will focus on a project called the Mobile Food School and also on the positive impact of salad bars in schools.

It’s amazing just what the Blendtec
blender will blend!

Follow this link and prepared to be stunned!

To talk to us about our wide range of
smoothie blenders call 0115 976 1621.

The World Health Organisation suggest 400g or
5 x 80g portions of fruit and vegetables a day to
help maintain good health. Make fruit and
vegetables fun and introduce smoothies to
breakfast clubs, the tuck shop offering and to the school canteen.

Be creative by arranging for pupils to take charge of the tuck shop for a day. Give them the responsibility for making and selling products in the tuck shop.

The Camcruiser is a great solution for Grab and Go food at breaks and lunch times. It can be moved easily to different sites throughout the day.

Insulated transportation boxes are great for transporting fresh juices, milk and healthy snacks from classroom to classroom.