Manchester pupils can’t get enough of school dinners

Manchester Fayre, Manchester City Council’s school meal provider, is enjoying the sweet taste of success after figures show that the uptake in school meals has increased for a second year running.

The survey, published by the School Food Trust, shows that the uptake of school meals in Manchester is higher than both the national average and the average across the North West.
 
Nationally the take-up figures for school meals in primary schools are 44.1% and 37.6% in secondary schools.
 
But Manchester Fayre's take-up figures were over 14% higher than the national average for primary schools at 58.4% and 16% higher for secondary schools at 53.5%.
 
Councillor Jeff Smith, Manchester City Council's executive member for finance and human resources with a responsibility for school meals said: "We pride ourselves on the quality of our school meals both in terms of taste and nutrition and the results speak for themselves. The figures make for very happy reading for all the team and shows that their hard work in delivering this service and educating families about healthy eating is paying off.

"This is the second year in a row Manchester Fayre has seen an increase in the uptake of school meals which goes to prove that healthy, nutritious food can also be popular and tasty."