Guidance and Toolkits for Caterers

Providing Meals in primary schools  
 
DIY guide produced by East Anglia Food Link for the PSFPI 
 
 
Guidance for procuring school meals  
 
The guidance explains how schools can improve school meals. It also looks at options available to schools such as contracting the service out to a different provider, improving the service provided by the existing contractor or bringing the service in-house, and managing it entirely within the school. 
 
 
Food in schools toolkit  
 
A joint publication by the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills consisting of guidance, advice, case studies and templates brought to life by interactive elements such as a "Food Audit", to help schools work towards healthy eating. It covers healthier breakfast clubs, healthier cookery clubs, healthier lunch boxes, growing clubs, dining room environment, water provision, healthier tuck shops and healthy vending machines. 
 
 
Sustainable Food Procurement for Contract Caterers and Foodservice Companies - Two User Guides 
 
The two guides are published by Oxford Brookes University and provide simple suggestions on to how to improve sustainable food procurement performance and report on progress, with suggested Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).