Department for Education approved framework
The Ready Meals, Meal Concepts and Food-To-Go Framework provides a comprehensive structure for supplying a wide range of convenience food options across retail, catering, healthcare, and grab‑and‑go settings. It spans ready‑made sandwiches from premium retail ranges to basic catering and inpatient offerings, alongside lunch bags and chilled food‑to‑go products. Hot meal concepts are covered through dedicated lots for chicken, pizza, pasta, burritos, and other customizable formats, while frozen ready meals include complete single portions, multi‑portion packs, and modified texture options for specialist dietary needs. The framework also incorporates ambient single‑portion meals, other ready meal categories, and a flexible multiple product lot mix, ensuring broad coverage of consumer and institutional requirements with scope for innovation and variety.