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Education Catering: Trends & Sticking to a Budget

The biggest challenge for education caterers is keeping a canteen of students happy without blowing the budget. Here, we’re sharing some of the top catering industry trends you can use to inspire your next education catering strategy.

ESG Strategy Guide for Businesses

Building a sustainable, ethical and well-governed business might be driving your operations and strategy plans, but what specific actions can you take to help? Whether you’re a smaller business or a larger corporation, having an ESG strategy can benefit your stakeholders, employees, society and the environment. So, what does this mean, and how can you implement it within your business? Our ESG strategy guide will go through the definition, individual factors, benefits and the implementation process, alongside providing you with your own ESG audit checklist.

Nutritional Requirements for Different Age Groups

Here, we’ll guide you through everything you should know when catering for people in different age groups, from young children to the elderly.

Everything You Need to Know About Food Hygiene Rating Scales

Want to know more about the food hygiene rating scales and their purpose? We’ve got you covered in this comprehensive guide.

Best Practices to Ensure Hydration and Nutrition in Care

Working so closely with our care clients allows us to understand just how vital providing good hydration and nutritious food is in care settings, and with over three million people at risk of malnutrition in the UK, the importance of hydration and nutrition in care is crucial.

How to Easily Introduce Cultural Diversity in Catering

Bringing cultural diversity into catering menus is a great way to expand your cuisine and your understanding of various cultures. Find out more here.

The Importance of Learning About Nutritional Information in Education Catering

Here, we’ll cover the importance of catering staff learning about additive, nutritional and allergy information across the education industry.

How to Support Those with Loss of Appetite in Care Homes

Here, we’ll be helping you understand why residents might develop a loss of appetite while they’re in a care home. We’ll also be offering tips on what you can do as caterers to support them.

The BNF 5-5-3-2 Portion Guide: Explained

Here, we’ll be explaining the ins and outs of the BNF 5-5-3-2 portion guide, including who it should be used for, the food categories in the framework and the major considerations caterers should be focusing on when using it.

Everything You Need to Know About the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Here, we’ll give a full overview of what the Care Quality Commission is, why it was set up and the reasons why it’s such a crucial responsibility in healthcare settings across the UK.

Strategic Procurement: How to Develop an Effective Procurement Strategy

Whether you work in the catering sector or retail, procurement is an important step in your operations that should be given the attention it deserves.

The IDDSI Framework Explained

Here, we’ll be explaining what this framework is, the different levels involved, and how you can implement it within your catering business to make sure the safety of those in care homes, hospitals and other care settings is never compromised.

A Guide to Food and Drink Standards in the Healthcare Industry

Everybody from carers to kitchen staff in a healthcare setting needs to be well-versed in food and drink standards. So to help make sure you know your stuff, we’ve put together this complete guide.

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