Providing locally sourced, fresh, high quality and nutritious food
In partnership with Edwards and Ward, Entrust offers a fully managed school meals service. The Edwards and Ward ethos is to have a highly trained, motivated, and engaged workforce delivering the very best of appealing, varied, and nutritional menu choices utilising locally sourced fresh ingredients. Put that alongside Entrust’s experience and commitment to excellence in education and we believe we have a winning recipe!
We pride ourselves on delivering:
Locally produced and ethically sourced fresh food
Healthy and nutritionally balanced menus
Competitive and transparent meal prices
Campaign support to help increase the take-up of free school meals
Menus suitable for vegetarian, vegan, halal, and special diets
All fresh meat Red Tractor certified and from the UK; all fish sourced from sustainable sources in line with guidelines set by the Marine Stewardship Council; and eggs accredited as Lion Brand or Laid in Britain.
Phase: Nursery/Primary/Secondary/Special/PRUGovernance: Maintained/Academy/MAT/Federation/IndependentLocality: NationalContract type: Multi-year contract
Serving over 37,000 meals a day and with a customer satisfaction rate of ‘excellent’, our partners Edwards and Ward have the knowledge, experience and dedication to support your school to provide an outstanding food experience to your pupils. Our food service strategy is designed to provide child-friendly menus for each school that are compliant with legislation, flexible and offer choice to the end of service. Many years ago, Edwards and Ward took the decision that every menu they provided would meet a minimum of Bronze Food for Life requirements. This decision has shaped how they approach their ingredient sourcing and means they offer all their schools’ industry leading levels of locally and sustainability sourced quality food. At the root of all that they do is their love for satisfying their customers with great tasting, healthy food.The friendly and knowledgeable operations team love getting to know their clients and customers and providing fresh, tasty and safe food for them. They are supported by a food development team which includes a registered nutritionist, allergen and special diets experts and a company chef with an infectious drive for innovation and improving food standards. The team follow all relevant and up to date guidelines regarding healthy foods and nutrition, as well as working closely with a registered in-house nutritionist on every aspect of menu planning. Placing huge emphasis on menu choice for schools Edwards & Ward have a unique approach to special diets which embraces not only the key allergens but just as importantly another 80 or so defined intolerances. This helps maximise uptake and ensure that every child is given the opportunity to eat a fresh and nutritious meal every school day.
Our offer extends to:
Breakfast, morning break and after school provisions
Adult duty meals
Staff preorder lunch options
Hospitality for school functions
Marketing the service
Caterer presence at parents’ evenings
Taster sessions for parents and new intakes
Online pre-ordering meal service solution
Regular client meetings
Quality audits
Food education initiatives
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