Ireland’s leading hot school meal provider
Leading the Conversation on School Meals
Our Managing Director, Ger Killian, joined Laura Dowling on The Laura Dowling Experience podcast to talk all things Hot School Meals. In the episode, Ger discusses The Lunch Bag’s journey so far, from nutrition and reformulation to tackling food waste, shifting public perception, and the progress made over the past three school years. She also highlights the real potential of the scheme to make a lasting positive impact on the future of children across Ireland. Watch or listen to the full episode below. We’re very proud to share it!
Big Enough to Deliver,
Local Enough to Care.
We bring the best of everything and invest in what matters, but the heart of it all is local communities. We may be a national team, but our roots run local. We’re here to deliver the very best hot meals to your school, while supporting the place you call home.
Our Hot School Meal Guide
We’re all about transparency and we want you to know and understand for yourself! Beyond ingredients, we give a full picture of each meal, including nutritional information, plant-based variety, and easy-to-read Nutri-Scores. Our educational guide helps parents and schools to trust in our service and the food we provide.
Our Suppliers
Our Irish suppliers sit at the heart of our meals. Alongside them, we work with trusted international suppliers who help us deliver the quality, consistency, and variety our meals are known for.
Worried about waste?
There has been a lot of thoughtful conversation around waste in school meals, and we’re glad people care as much as we do. Reducing waste is something we continuously work on at both a macro and micro level, from packaging innovation and nationwide operational improvements to the small everyday changes that can make a meaningful difference within schools.
We are committed to reducing waste in schools, supporting Ireland’s 2030 Sustainability Goals, and continuing to explore better, more responsible ways to deliver school meals for the future.
Building Kindness
We’ve proudly partnered with Brent Pope and Elephant in the Room to help encourage positive conversations around mental wellbeing in schools across Ireland, using our compostable lunch bags to share simple messages around friendship, kindness, listening, and support.
How it Works
No One Does it Alone...
From a tiny team of dreamers to now employing hundreds of staff throughout your communities – dads, aunties, grannies, and neighbours (you name it!). We prioritise local by hiring drivers, road crew, and meal distributors from across the country, not to mention all the local suppliers we source our delicious food from!