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Can serving school lunches provide a boost to rural pubs?

01-May-2014 By Helen Gilbert

Picture a school lunch and chances are images of bland, boiled cauliflower and stodgy puddings spring to mind. But public houses could play a vital role in changing this perception by providing ‘good quality food’ for local pupils.

Feeding school kids could help more pubs survive, says pubs minister

23-Apr-2014 By Mike Berry

Offering school meals at lunch times would help struggling pubs survive and provide children with “really good quality food”, according to community pubs minister Brandon Lewis.

Get kids in pubs for meals, says food writer

12-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney

Serving meals to school children could help pubs stave off closure and provide a healthy fill for kids, says food writer Prue Leith.

Toby Carvery teaches kids about food

19-Mar-2008

Toby Carvery has launched a campaign to teach school children about the food they eat and its origins. The initiative is part of the Government's...

Hot pub grub for Grantham schools

06-Mar-2008

A Grantham pub is to provide hot meals to its neighbouring primary school in a scheme which brings the pub to the hub of its local community. The...

Pub cook goes back to school

26-Nov-2007

Pupils at a Devon primary school are learning more about food thanks to Matthew Mason, head chef at the Jack in the Green pub near Exeter.Matthew is...

Gun is rural pub of the year

17-Oct-2007

The Gun in Chiddingly has been crowned Calor Rural Pub in the Community for 2007. The awards scheme celebrates pubs which have diversified their...

Legal advice: Maternity leave

24-Aug-2007

A WOMAN who returns from maternity leave is normally entitled to return to the same job in which she was employed prior to her absence. If that job...

Pub feeds pupils Jamie Oliver style

18-Sep-2006

Children at five primary schools in Lincolnshire are set to sample Jamie Oliver style lunches thanks to local licensee Ian Quill. Quill, who runs the...

Licensee takes over local school dinners

06-Oct-2005

Schoolchildren in an Oxfordshire village have seen their tinned school dinners replaced by gourmet cooking served up by a local licensee.Paul...