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More cashless catering coming to UK schools
12 Aug 2009

With 80 per cent of secondary schools in the UK having had major investment in catering facilities under the School Lunch Grant scheme, it has been suggested that cashless catering is set to grow.

According to a statement from Lincolnshire county council, more money is to be put into developing a cashless society at the dinner table in many of the nation's education institutions.

Councillor Mrs Patricia Bradwell, executive councillor for children's services, explained that there will be other changes too.

"We see all our primary schools providing hot meals with the introduction of the 40 new primary school kitchens, with the first 11 of these up and running from early 2010," she stated.

The services of eMoney network sQuid can be used in schools to pay for meals.

For example, sQuid's smart cards are utilised in Wiltshire schools and involve parents topping up their children's cards, allowing them to track spending habits and form a budget for their offspring.