Beef is off the dinner menu as schools battle the cost of living crisis

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Beef is off the dinner menu as schools battle the cost of living crisis
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Roast beef has become somewhat of a staple on the school menu over the years. But with the cost of living crisis not stopping any time soon, the popular dish is set to be replaced by gammon on the dinner plates.

Roast beef has become somewhat of a staple on the school menu over the years.crisis not stopping any time soon, the popular dish is set to be replaced by gammon on the dinner plates.

Christmas could also come early for some British kids as caterers swap roast chicken for turkey, with plans to import foreign meat and switch up fruit and veg. According to Laca, the school caterers’ association for England and Wales, meat quality will be at risk if it’s shipped from abroad.One example of a school switching from its traditional roast beef every Thursday to the cheaper alternative of gammon is Laira Green Primary School in Plymouth.

While chicken is still on the menu, it is served less often and is slowly being replaced with turkey. The school is one of 70 in the city served by the same catering company, which is adapting its menus in response to the rises, the

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