Catering (school meals)
The group covers education, welfare and civic catering. Topics covered include; marketing, tendering and service design, plus innovations in costing and staffing such as executive chefs in secondary schools and detailed analysis of price makeup. Nutrition, halal food, food standards and safety are featured, along with government changes to employment law. Civic catering typically looks at commercial opportunities. Welfare catering looks at issues such as the 'make or buy dilemma'. Relationship management with schools and clients are common themes.
The APSE Principal Advisor for this group is Vickie Hacking. The chair of this group is Cllr Julie Simpson, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council.
Upcoming advisory groups:
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Tuesday 13 May 2025
Thursday 24 July 2025
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Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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