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• Local Food Links celebrates 20 years of providing school meals across Dorset

  12-06-2026 08:00 via publicsectorcatering.co.uk
  Local Food Links celebrates 20 years of providing school meals across Dorset Edward Waddell12th Jun 2026 - 07:42 ImageAbstractLocal Food Links is celebrating its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of providing fresh and locally sourced school meals to children across Dorset as well as one school in Devon. The organisation began in 2006 by providing a soup lunch once a week to Bridport Primary School and has grown into one of the region's leading school meal providers, now delivering around 5,
  
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• Compass Group creates Classroom to Careers to help young people into work

  12-06-2026 08:00 via publicsectorcatering.co.uk
  Compass Group creates Classroom to Careers to help young people into work Edward Waddell12th Jun 2026 - 07:42 ImageAbstractCompass Group UK & Ireland has launched its Classroom to Careers programme to help young people develop the skills, confidence and opportunities they need to progress into sustainable and meaningful employment. Classroom to Careers is an innovative programme that brings together Compass’ existing and newly launched early careers initiatives, with a focus on tacklin
  
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• Pow Food to put nutrition on corporate sustainability agenda

  12-06-2026 07:00 via publicsectorcatering.co.uk
  Pow Food to put nutrition on corporate sustainability agenda Edward Waddell12th Jun 2026 - 06:42 ImageAbstractPow Food is returning to the Blue Earth Forum as the official catering partner for 2026, where they will both feed delegates and host a roundtable session titled 'Apples for Apples: The Hidden Cost of Food and the War Against Our Health'. The session will explore where ingredient quality, pesticide exposure and nutrition design belong on the corporate ESG agenda and what true-cost accoun
  
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• Food & drink brands slash sugar, salt & calories levels by a fifth within 5 years

  12-06-2026 07:00 via publicsectorcatering.co.uk
  Food & drink brands slash sugar, salt & calories levels by a fifth within 5 years Edward Waddell12th Jun 2026 - 06:42 ImageAbstractNew data shows that in the last five years, the Food and Drink Federation’s (FDF) members have cut the salt (18%), sugar (19%) and calories (17%) they contribute to the British grocery market by nearly a fifth. The data demonstrates that branded food and drink has become healthier. Since 2021, the Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) score of FDF members&rsqu
  
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• University of York starts ‘Shop, Save & Sustain’ initiative to help students

  12-06-2026 06:00 via publicsectorcatering.co.uk
  University of York starts ‘Shop, Save & Sustain’ initiative to help studentsEdward Waddell12th Jun 2026 - 05:43 ImageAbstractThe University of York successfully concluded its first Shop, Save and Sustain Essentials pop-up event, distributing more than 2,800 food items and hygiene products to the student body free of charge. The event was funded entirely by the university's sustainability scheme Shop, Save and Sustain which is a sustainability initiative ran by the Eat, Shop and D
  
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• Springboard’s new initiative supports next generation of hospitality talent

  12-06-2026 06:00 via publicsectorcatering.co.uk
  Springboard’s new initiative supports next generation of hospitality talentEdward Waddell12th Jun 2026 - 05:43 ImageAbstractThe Springboard Charity has launched Just1More, a new national fundraising initiative designed to give hospitality businesses a ‘simple, flexible and meaningful’ way to support people into careers in hospitality.Built for hotels, restaurants, pubs, cafés and hospitality operators of every size, Just1More invites businesses to encourage guests to mak
  
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