Opportunity Spotlight: The Education Sector

With almost 2 million children eating free school meals in the UK¹, and 84% of school pupils having a school meal at least once a week², school caterers need devise menus that are nutritious and tasty whilst being easy to prepare and quick to serve.

Frozen products provide efficiency to school caterers in a time-pressured environment, where cooking on-mass is required, whilst still ensuring a high-quality product that tastes delicious.

This month Americana attended LACA Main Event to discuss all things ‘levelling up school food’, and how fast food breads, such as burger buns and hot dog rolls, can play a key part in feeding school children delicious and nutritious meals.

Why are frozen products good for school catering?

Saved Storage

Frozen rolls and buns remove the need to store fresh ingredients and therefore save storage space.

Variety and freshness

Buns are frozen at their optimum freshness, allowing operators to offer a range of high-quality products. Products can be thawed or baked little and often throughout the day, keeping the offering fresh and well stocked based on consumer demand.