School Meals

School meals in the borough are provided by MetroFresh (formerly called 'Metropolitan Catering and Cleaning Services'). 

MetroFresh currently provide more than 17,000 meals a day (3.23 million per year) in more than 100 primary and special schools, and 17 secondary schools in the borough. 

The school meals strategy aims to provide:

  • quality food
  • nutritionally balanced menus
  • value for money
  • tasty meal choices
  • a great variety of meals
  • total customer satisfaction

We have a reputation that is built on providing a quality food service, cost effectively.  We are able to work with a wide range of customers and we adopt a flexible approach to service provision.

The quality of the food we purchase is of paramount importance to us.  We buy local produce wherever possible, and ensure our suppliers have a quality assured monitoring programme and meet all legislative guidelines.

Free school meals

Contact Details

MetroFresh
E-mail MetroFresh@wigan.gov.uk
Opening Hours 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Phone Number 01942 705080
Fax 01942 705090
Address Council Offices, Orrell Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8LZ
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