The nursery group has introduced a blanket ban on any food being brought from home at all its sites, with children provided with healthy, home-cooked food, which is sourced as sustainably and locally as possible.
However, Cheryl Hadland, managing director of Tops Day Nurseries, said this can be a challenge for the Isle of Wight setting, when commercial suppliers often import from the mainland.
‘We launched the initiative partly to reduce the lunch boxes coming in and out of the building, which increases the risk of virus transmission, but also to protect children with allergies having foods brought in by other children that can make them sick accidentally,’ she said.
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