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Counter Service Versus Family Service
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Counter Service Versus Family Service

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodApril 7, 2026

I remember standing in a secondary school kitchen three years ago, watching a team of three exhausted staff members try…

Cooking in Waves Rather Than All at Once
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Cooking in Waves Rather Than All at Once

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodMarch 31, 2026August 27, 2026

I’ve sat in too many humid, shouting kitchens to believe the nonsense that you need a complex, minute-by-minute spreadsheet to…

Planning Production Backwards From Service
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Planning Production Backwards From Service

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodMarch 19, 2026September 3, 2026

I remember standing in a secondary school kitchen three years ago, the air thick with the smell of burnt gravy…

A Meal Debt Policy That Does Not Shame Children
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A Meal Debt Policy That Does Not Shame Children

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodMarch 13, 2026

I remember standing in a small secondary school kitchen three years ago, watching a catering manager stare at a spreadsheet…

Cashless Systems and Protecting Anonymity
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Cashless Systems and Protecting Anonymity

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodMarch 7, 2026

I remember standing in a school canteen three years ago, watching a line of sixty hungry Year 9s stall completely…

Raising Uptake by Fixing the Queue
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Raising Uptake by Fixing the Queue

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodFebruary 28, 2026

I’ve sat in too many training rooms watching consultants push expensive, shiny new digital apps and complex “culture-building” seminars as…

Funding Streams and How They Are Claimed
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Funding Streams and How They Are Claimed

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodFebruary 25, 2026August 27, 2026

I remember standing in a kitchen in South London three years ago, watching a catering manager stare at a spreadsheet…

Setting a Price That Covers Cost
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Setting a Price That Covers Cost

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodFebruary 15, 2026

I remember standing in a school kitchen three years ago, watching a manager stare at a spreadsheet with the kind…

Working Out the True Cost of a Meal
School Meals

Working Out the True Cost of a Meal

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodFebruary 8, 2026

I’ve sat in far too many budget meetings where people stare at spreadsheets as if the numbers themselves will magically…

Escalating a Problem With Your Caterer
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Escalating a Problem With Your Caterer

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodFebruary 1, 2026

I’ve sat in enough damp, echoing school corridors to know that when a board of governors asks about how to…

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