Healthy tuckshop menu inspiration
Healthy food environments in schools play an important role in helping children make healthy food and drink choices for life.
School tuckshops play a key part in this, and by offering a healthy menu you can help improve health outcomes for children.
QAST uses the Department of Education Smart Choices- Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy to guide our Menu Health Check service for members – to help you identify the strengths of your current menu and give you the tools and ideas to make it healthier.
Menus exceeding the minimum requirements of the strategy are given a 4-apple or 5-apple rating. We celebrate these achievements as these tuckshops are working hard to enable healthier school environments.
If you’re aspiring to deliver a menu that doesn’t just meet but exceeds, check out the QAST member menus* below for inspiration.
And remember, a healthy, profitable menu doesn’t need to be super extensive or complex. Aim for one or two pages, with well laid-out sections, and simple, healthy and easy to prepare options.
*Member permission has been granted to share these menus.
5-apple tuckshop menus
Loganholme State School
Oxley State School
Ipswich State High School
Cannonvale State School
Southport State School
Yugumbir State School
Currajong State School
Fairview Heights State School
Oonoonba State School
Currajong State School
Innisfail East State School
4-apple tuckshop menus
Yarrabilba State School
Robina State School
Eagleby State School
Port Douglas State School
Cavendish Road State High School
About the ratings
1-APPLE: Menu is not consistent with Smart Choices. (AMBER menu items dominate. RED items present)
2-APPLES: Menu is not consistent with Smart Choices. (Minimum 50% GREEN. RED items present)
3-APPLES: Menu meets the minimum requirements for Smart Choices. (50% to 64% GREEN. No RED items)
4-APPLES: A good menu – exceeds the minimum requirements for Smart Choices. (65% to 74% GREEN. No RED items)
5-APPLES: An outstanding menu – well exceeds the minimum requirements for Smart Choices. (75% or more GREEN. No RED items)