Support for National Community Meals Week 2013
Community Meals are under threat as local authorities see the removal of this service as a good way of saving money without regard for the financial consequences of poor nutrition, loneliness and isolation resulting in more hospital admissions. The National Association of Care Catering’s National Community Meals Week 2013 (11-15 November 2013) gained strong support […]
LACA chooses Thermoport to serve school lunch to MP’s and Peers in the House of Commons
Using meals transported using Rieber’s Thermoport insulated food transport containers, some 60 Members of the House of Commons plus a number of Peers recently sampled the quality of food currently served in school restaurants across England and Wales. The Members were both surprised and very impressed with what was on offer. (Pictures courtesy of LACA, […]
The Watford General
“Bay by bay, box by box; the last meal reaches the patient at the same temperature the first meal was served.” Medirest’s Catering Manager at Watford General Hospital is impressed with the temperature holding capability of Thermoport boxes. Delivering Medirest’s Steamplicity meals service based on chilled meals cooked fresh for the patient at ward level, […]
Special Thermoport food transport containers chosen for Bushey Fields Hospital, Dudley
Supplied with just one handle instead of the usual two, special Maxi K Thermoport containers were chosen for Bushey Fields: “Simply because we have very limited storage capacity and could only have enough space to store the boxes with one handle on one side,” according to David Willetts, Catering Manager. Used for taking hot food […]
Excellent price is The Norm for Aneurin Bevan Health Board
Jan Robinson, Operational Services Manager for Aneurin Bevan Health Board, including the County Hospital, Pontypool, recently acquired Rieber’s Norm stainless steel food transport trolleys for delivering food to wards from the main kitchen. “The wards are isolated from the kitchen and the delivery can be difficult as it is over rough terrain. Rieber’s Norm trolleys […]
Thermoport bulk food distribution trolleys for Tayside NHS
Tayside NHS has been carrying out a major upgrade of kitchen and food distribution facilities and BGL Rieber worked with Mark Scholes, Head of Support Services and Head of Catering, on the supply and installation of a number of Rieber products including the latest in Thermoport bulk food distribution trolleys. Equipped with bumpers as standard, […]
Top quality marks for Gloucester schools Thermoport users
Since Edwards and Ward took over the school meals contract in Gloucestershire, there has been a 26% increase in uptake of school meals, with 34.1% of primary school pupils now choosing a healthy school lunch. That’s an increase from just over 7000 meals a day to almost 10,000! Edwards and Ward were also awarded the […]
Delicate cook chill system for New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton
A new £3million (CPU) at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust’s New Cross Hospital enables food to be cooked and chilled on-site and re-heated at ward level. Pictured: Martin Cantor, Catering Project Manager with just cooked and portioned mashed potato. Producing 2,000 meals daily in a five day week, it could produce three times that […]
AGE CONCERN
The Forest of Dean, situated between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn, is a rural area dotted with small villages and towns. Since 1993 Age Concern Forest of Dean has delivered hot meals into the homes of older people living in the area, helping reduce the isolation and loneliness associated with old age.Age […]