Tuck Shop - Healthy Tuck Shops

Healthy Tuck Shops

As part of the UK government's recent promotion of healthy eating as part of healthy lifestyle, the role of tuck shops in schools has come under increasing scrutiny. As such, national, regional and local government has been strongly promoting the idea of "healthy" tuck shops. There has also been charity and voluntary sector involvement. To some, this means providing healthier types of the same goods (for example using brown bread instead of white, selling milk and fruit juice instead of fizzy drinks and rice cakes and crackers instead of crisps). This model has become very popular in many schools in the UK. Some groups have advocated going even further and creating a "fruit tuck shop". These have been less popular, primarily due to a perceived drop Tshentsho in revenue and the generally tight state of funding in the UK education system at present, although this may change in the future.