School catering in herefordshire
Nutrition and safety standards assured
At AiP, We’re ambitious about nurturing through food and have designed menus that make healthy feel fun, tasty and easy while offering something everyone can enjoy.Through our school catering services in Herefordshire we want pupils to say goodbye to overly processed, pre-prepared, pre-packaged, one-menu-fits-all meals and hello to fresh, fast, easy, and inspiring.
Whether served on-site or off-site, our menus include nutritious and flavourful options designed to cater to students of all ages, ensuring an engaging, enjoyable and safe dining experience. We’re dedicated to providing high-quality school catering in Herefordshire in collaboration with our food development teams, nutritionists and chefs.
Food to make students smile
Founded over 20 years ago and operating in over 400 educational institutions, we’re the experts in school catering. Our local-first approach delivers innovative menus full of tried and tested recipes that support pupil happiness and wellbeing.
Food smart
Built for primary school pupils, Food Smart is about having fun with food, investing in dining spaces, and offering engaging menus.
Kitcheneers
Retail-focused, our secondary school offering is a fresh approach to health and wellbeing with our health by stealth programme.
Sixth form
Learn more about our world flavour food offer, designed especially for sixth-form students expecting high street café culture.
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Why work with us?
To exceed all nutritional standards- Producing delicious freshly cooked meals
- Creating a Home from Home experience
- Providing a fun environment for the pupils
- Delivering a packed schedule of theme events
- Employing happy friendly smiling staff
- Offering a range of special offers
- Introducing gardening and cookery clubs
- Facilitating competitions, prizes and rewards
- Inviting parents in for lunch
- Working in partnership with the school
- A friendly and open management style
Nutritionally balanced student meals for school in herefordshire
With over 20 years of experience in the industry, AiP offers bespoke, digital, sustainable catering solutions to schools in the UK including Herefordshire.
We believe in inclusive meals and prioritise pupil happiness and wellbeing, offering innovative menus tailored for primary, secondary and sixth-form students. With initiatives such as chef-delivered workshops and sugar swap classes, we aim to promote healthy eating among students. All our meals exceed government standards and comply with food safety regulations, with accreditation and ISO certifications ensuring quality and safety. Our ISO certifications include ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 9901: 2015 and ISO 45001: 2018.
Awards and accreditations
Let’s create food experiences that help every pupil thrive.
Frequently asked questions
To benefit our communities, we reflect culture through using local suppliers, creating vibrant, diverse food experiences, working hard to cut down on food miles, wastage and supporting small to medium businesses in the area.
We cater for all 14 major allergens through our stringent allergen policies in the kitchens. We also encourage schools to be open about medically specific allergens that are not covered in the major 14 so that we can support them, ensuring a safe environment for all pupils.
At AiP, we know that not one menu fits all, so we collaborate with schools to customise menus that fit their school’s diverse personality and ensure that all pupils and staff are represented within our menus.
Our digital solutions system allows for clear insight into pupils eligible for free school meals. Using School Food United, we are able to access child information to see allergen updates, FSM eligibility and class moves.
Our net-zero mission is a top priority, where we commit to being carbon neutral and cutting our greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2045. We also aim to reduce our food waste by 50% for 2025.