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Celebrating St Patrick’s Day

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Our young customers at George Fentham Endowed School enjoyed a sweet treat on St Patricks Day on 17th March. The children tucked into special shamrock shortbread which was loved by all!

Red Nose Day

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Tidbury Green School celebrated Red Nose Day this week with a fantastic dessert selection, please see photos below.  The children loved the display of enticing red pudding options.  

World Book Day

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Our young customers were treated to a World Book Day promotion on Thursday 6th March.  Staff across the schools we cater for dressed up as their favourite book characters to celebrate and the children loved it! Photo below of the fabulous team at Tidbury Green Primary School.

Valentine’s Celebrations

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Our young customers were treated to a Valentine’s Day to remember with heart shaped biscuits, jelly and bread. Below are photos from our Tidbury Green School kitchen.

Berkswell Christmas Community Lunch

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Each year the Berkswell kitchen team produce a wonderful Christmas community lunch for the residents of the Berkswell Alms-houses. Every elderly resident has a hot meal. The true spirit of Christmas!

Social Value

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Mark Willford, our Customer Relationship Manager, has been busy working with our suppliers to support social value projects in our local community. Social value is all about the additional benefits an organisation can bring to local people. It’s incredibly important which is why we include social value in all our contracts with suppliers. The photo […]

Inclusive employment transforms lives

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Having supported 3,000 residents over the past 7 years, Solihull Council’s Employment and Skills Team celebrate one of the many success stories of helping someone into work. Between 2016 and 2023, the team have supported 3,053 individuals with nearly half of them achieving an outcome of employment, education or training. Among all participants, over a third […]

Football Fever

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St Mary & St Margaret’s School held a Euro Football promotional lunch on Tuesday 25th June 2024 to celebrate England’s football match. It was a very successful day with lots of extra children joining us for lunch. They were treated to some fantastic food options: Bellingham’s Burger Kane’s Veggie Hot Dog Walker’s Jacket Potatoes Saka’s […]

Parents Evenings

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Parents Evening New parents at Cheswick Green and Monkspath Schools were given a show case of the food choices offered to their children when they join school in September.  Our Unit Catering Managers prepared some lovely examples of the meals available from our current menu along with a taster of biscuits. These events are taking […]

D Day

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D Day Celebrations  To mark the 80th anniversary of D Day, Solihull Catering Services put on a special celebratory lunch.  Schools were treated to a British classic of cod and chips or vegetarian hot dog along with jelly and ice cream. The children had a wonderful day with feedback that they really enjoyed seeing the […]