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Monday

Ready, steady, and were off! The NSMW tour gets under way.  
 
At 8.30am:
 
It is the launch of the LACA/ParentPay market research at St Clement Danes CE Primary School, Covent Garden.  The research had over 10,000 responses from parents and makes it one of the biggest research projects into school meals.  It is packed full of information that will help school caterers improve their service.  A copy of the report is now available for you to download.  

If your school is having some special visitors why not take a picture of them enjoying a healthy school meal and text it to us.  Send your texts to 88600 starting the message with NSMW followed by your caption.
 
Dolmio logoGet Eating Day and Britain's Biggest School Lunch is sponsored by Dolmio and schools can claim a £2 off voucher for a jar of Dolmio sauce.  Visit www.iloveschoolmeals.co.uk/dolmio to find out more.  You could also download the NSMW recipe booklet with lots of advice and help on healthy eating provided by Change4Life and other recipes from Dolmio.

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Pete talking to pupils after the press conference 

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