Fresh Tastes @ School
The Fresh Tastes @ School NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy came into effect in 2005. It is mandatory for all NSW Government schools (from Term 1, 2005) and strongly supported and endorsed by the Catholic and Independent Education Sectors. Read more
Canteen Management
Canteen management involves everything from organising a canteen committee, and reviewing canteen policies to Occupational Health and Safety and surveys. This section tells you everything you need to know about daily canteen management. Read more
Staff and Volunteers
This section of the website describes how to choose the people you need to efficiently run your canteen. One formula that has worked in many canteens is to have several volunteers and one paid canteen manager. Here we give advice about employing a canteen manager and recruiting, retaining and rewarding volunteers.
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Financial Management
A school canteen should operate as an efficient small business. These fact pages will assist you to monitor the financial position of your canteen and ensure sound financial management. Some of the templates in this section have been loaded as PDFs so that you can print them and use them in your canteen.
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Food Safety & Hygiene
All canteens have a responsibility to provide safe food. Safe food means that it is prepared, cooked, transported and served in such a way as to retain nutrients, and to minimise bacterial contamination and growth. Handling food poorly can cause food poisoning. It can also reduce the quality of the food being served. Read more
Recipes
The recipes in this section include sandwich combinations, salads, wraps, hot foods such as rice dishes, slices and burritos, muffins, snacks and much much more! Update your menu with some of these great recipes. Read more
Menu Development & Nutrition
This section assists canteen managers when planning a canteen menu. It looks at topics such as preparing menus, reading food labels, alternative ideas for occasional foods and some sample high school and primary school menus. Read more
Marketing & Promotion
Promotions may include planned theme days, meal deals, daily price specials or taste testing. Healthy Kids SCA Members will receive a handy events calendar in the February 2008 Members Magazine which gives lots of canteen promotion ideas. Read more
Resources and Links
The Healthy Kids SCA sells a range of products for your canteens. We currently have aprons and menu boards for sale. This section will also lead you to other websites where you can find useful information and resources for your canteen. Read more
Training Courses
Need to refresh yourself on the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy, food safety or any aspect of hospitality? The following courses are currently avaiable through TAFE NSW and will give you all the skills you need to run a successful canteen. Read more
Network Meetings
If you have any network meeting dates that you would like posted on this page and in our members magazine please email the details to rebecca@healthy-kids.com.au
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Sponsors and Partners
Thanks to the following companies and organisations who support us. You can find further information about healthy food and healthy kids on their websites. Read more