THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS SCHOOLS CHOOSE EDSENTIAL CATERING

Here at Edsential we can offer your School the most sustainable meals in the UK

ABOUT US

Edsential are a Community Interest Company. This enables us to reinvest back into services for children and young people. We provide quality food with quality ingredients and all our food is prepared fresh on the day. We are proud to be the company that serves the most ethical and highest quality meals in the UK.

We offer schools many options and benefits to being an Edsenital school such as, promotional materials, open days/Evenings, school council focus groups, staff transfers. as well as nutritious meals that meet schools food standards.

Edsential is also the first catering company in the world to use only sustainable palm oil in all our menus. We work closely with a wide network of environmental and conservation leaders as part of our journey in empowering young people to lead environmental change.

We know that the provision of good food improves behaviour, growth and the ability to concentrate – leading to happier, healthier children. Learn more about what we do below and how we can provide for your schools through our catering:

Edsential serves the most ethical and highest quality school meals in the UK, find out more details about our super tasty food

DISCOVER OUR MENUS

Learn more about our Palm Oil journey and how we became the first catering company to use only sustainable Palm Oil in our food.

CHECK OUR PROGRESS

We handpick talented staff who are motivated, dedicated and want to produce memorable, super tasty food

MEET THE TEAM

WHAT EDSENTIAL CAN
OFFER YOUR SCHOOLS

Through building strong partnerships with our schools, alongside innovative marketing promotions and development strategies, we deliver higher levels of meal uptake and customer satisfaction.

THEMED EVENTS

Theme days are special events that stimulate pupil interest and encourage them to try a school dinner, or try a new range of foods with staff and friends. Themed events can be linked to the curriculum, such as ‘Around the World’ and other school celebrations such as ‘World Book Day’.

OPEN DAYS/ EVENINGS

Our team will attend school events to showcase your school’s catering offer and its benefits to parents. We can provide sample menus and even sample food to engage families!

SCHOOL COUNCIL AND FOCUS MEETINGS

Do you have a group of students who would like to talk to us or feedback? Maybe you just want to develop the service in your school further? Get in touch!

PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

We provide a variety of materials to schools as part of our catering offer. Electronic menus, leaflets for new parents and invites for theme days, for example, to help you showcase school meals. This is to help to create a great working environment to improve children’s lives.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBSITE

We use our website and social media accounts to provide information and promote school meals to parents. We keep them up to date to showcase the
talents of our staff with updates, photographs and competitions.

GOVERNER MEETINGS

Governors are a vital part of the school community. We would be pleased to come and talk to your governors about the benefits of being an Edsential
catered school and answer any questions they may have.

A CATERING SOLUTION THAT MAKES LIFE SIMPLER

£0 MANAGEMENT FEE, SAVING YOU TIME AND MONEY

Schools that sign up to a three-year contract benefit from a £0 management fee, saving you over £7,500. As well as saving you money, you can rest assured that for the duration of your contract, your catering provision is taken care of and your young people are in receipt of the UK’s most ethical and highest quality school meals –leaving you time to worry about the other things on your to-do list!

LEAVE THE DAY-TO-DAY TO YOUR DESIGNATED EDSENTIAL BUSINESS MANAGER

As an Edsential catered school, you will be assigned your own personal Business Manager. Our Business Managers are highly experienced and
know the challenges that face your school and your catering team. Business Managers will support you and the catering team with any day-to-day concerns ensuring that any issues are resolved as quickly as possible.

MEAL SELECTION MADE EASY WITH FREE PARENT PAY

ParentPay is the leading cashless school payment system, which reduces administration, eliminates cash handling and reduces costs in a safe, secure way. The system enables parents to pay for meals, trips, clubs and more. ParentPay can also enable meals to be selected in the classroom or at home, on the day or in advance - reducing waste and saving precious classroom time.

COST-EFFECTIVE ADMIN SOLUTIONS THAT BOOST EFFICIENCY AND FOOD QUALITY

Our tablet-based kitchen administration & management system. Cypad works in tandem with ParentPay meal selection, recording pupil choices, the number of meals and orders the right amount of food. Cypad makes us flexible and very efficient, which enables us to be more cost effective, so we can provide better quality food.
Cypad also provides performance indicators to enable better monitoring of the service you receive.

ENQUIRE TO SIGN UP YOUR SCHOOL FOR EDSENTIAL CATERING

Get in touch with our catering team to find out how our catering can support your school as we constantly improve and assess what we do to meet the unique needs of schools and children.

Contact Info

Address: Whitby Hall Lodge, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. CH65 6QY

Phone: 0151 541 2170

Mail:Catering@edsential.co.uk

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