2022

CAT0276 – Mechanisms for pupils who opt for PPDS – 020322

A member authority is seeking information regarding what mechanisms are used within secondary schools to ensure that pupils who opt to take Prepacked Offerings pay attention to the labelling detailing the allergens.

CAT0277 – Catering Recruitment - 010622

A member authority is struggling to recruit school catering staff. They are interested to hear from others with ideas for successful recruitment Please can you provide the following information: Where do you advertise vacancies: Council website / Facebook/ Other? Have you streamlined the recruitment process? – If so how? What works best for you? Have you had to alter the role to be more attractive?

Please can you share examples or links to your job adverts?

CAT0278 – Local Authorities Food Policy 

A member authority would to know if other authorities have a food policy in place, if so could you share the details. The member authority is not asking for food safety policy but an overall authority food policy.

CAT0280 – Secondary school cashless catering system

A member authority are considering options for the upgrading of a secondary school cashless catering system and would like to explore what is currently being used by other member authorities. Would it be possible to ask the network the following questions: 1.Which cashless catering system is currently operating in your authority? 2.What are the benefits of the system that you are currently using? 3.What issues if any have you had with your current supplier? 4.Are any authorities currently exploring options to access such a system with an alternative supplier to their current one? 5.Any advice that fellow authorities could supply regarding making such an expensive purchase?

CAT0281 – Reducing the use of single use plastics primary & post primary schools settings

A member authority is seeking examples for other councils of best practice in how to reduce use of single use plastics within primary & post primary schools settings in particular catering contracts e.g. disposable catering products.

CAT0278 - APSE Network Query: Local authorities food policy      

"A member authority would liky to know if other authorities have a food policy in place, if so could you share the details.

The member authority is not asking for food safety policy but an overall authority food policy."

CAT0277 - Catering Recruitment 010622 "A member authority is struggling to recruit school catering staff.

They are interested to hear from others with ideas for successful recruitment.

Please can you provide the following information:

•       Where do you advertise vacancies:
•       Council website / Facebook/ Other?
•       Have you streamlined the recruitment process? – If so, how?
•       What works best for you?
•       Have you had to alter the role to be more attractive?
•       Please can you share examples or links to your job adverts?."