Meal services
At Espoo Catering, we offer meal services for different target groups in Espoo! Our menu planning is based on the time of year, seasons, the needs, wishes and feedback of our customers, nutrition recommendations and the taste and balance of the food. We favour healthy Finnish ingredients in selecting our products.
The day-care centre meals of Espoo Catering are balanced and full meals that meet the nutrition recommendations with consideration to the children’s food preferences.
Day-care centre meals
Day-care centre meals vary depending on the level of the care provided:
- Full-time day care: Children in full-day care get breakfast, lunch and a snack.
- Part-time day care: Meals in part-time care vary according to the care day schedule.
- Evening- and night-time care: Evening and night care include dinner and supper.
Day-care centre meals supplement home meals and cater for a significant part of the child’s daily nutritional needs.
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The lunch break conveniently interrupts the school day and provides energy for the afternoon lessons. The school lunches of Espoo Catering are diverse, full of variety and nutritionally well-balanced – and also provide culinary experiences. All meals are served with a hot main course and side dishes, drink, bread and spread.
Two main courses are served daily in schools, and the menu is continuously developed
While school meals mainly consist of traditional home food, we bring variety to it on different theme days. We also observe national holidays. School lunch is designed to account for one-third of the daily nutritional needs. It promotes the well-being of the pupils and students, strengthens health-promoting eating habits and introduces new ingredients and flavours. School restaurants display a model portion to help in compiling a healthy meal.
We offer the students and pupils at the schools two hot main course options with side dishes, salad, drink, bread and spread. One of the main courses is a lacto-ovo vegetarian or vegan dish. Diners are free to choose either both courses or just one. Students can decide the portion size themselves and take seconds if they wish.
Most of the courses are already familiar to the diners, but we are also constantly bringing new foods to school tables. The food is developed based on the wishes of the students. We gather wishes through daily feedback, surveys and food panels operating in the schools. Every six weeks, we serve favourite foods selected by the students.
School menu
You can view your school menu in advance via the Menus link below!
We also sell snacks at several schools.
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Our lunch restaurants provide a refreshing and tasty break for the workday.
The lunch restaurant offerings include:
- Buffet lunch, including drink, bread and dessert/coffee
- Soup lunch, including a side salad, drink and bread
- Salad dish of the day, including drink and bread
Click the Menus link below for our lunch restaurants, their opening hours and daily menus!
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Mealtimes at the care unit and senior citizen services provide structure to the days and well-being to the customers. Tasty and nutritionally balanced meals help maintain health and occupational capacity.
Care unit customers are served all the daily meals, including breakfast, lunch, afternoon coffee, dinner and evening snack. The time between meals is tailored to suit their daily programme and to maintain a balanced and sustainable energy level.
Anyone can come and enjoy a meal at the senior citizen services’ lunch restaurants. The lunch menu changes daily, and you can sit down for a tasty meal or take it to go.
During an exceptional situation, however, the lunch restaurants at the senior centres are closed to outsiders.
Click the Menus link below for our lunch restaurants, their opening hours and daily menus!
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