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School meals will shrink without help to tackle rising costs, warns food boss

Schools in England could be forced to cut meal portions or quality unless government increases funding for free school meals, says Bidfood chief

Soaring food inflation could force schools to choose between offering smaller portions at lunchtime and using cheaper ingredients, the boss of one of the UK’s largest food wholesalers has warned, as providers in the sector called for more funding to tackle rising costs.

Andrew Selley, the chief executive of Bidfood, a food distribution business with an annual turnover of nearly £2bn, said schools would be facing tough decisions unless the government increased funding for free school meals.

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