Valamar launched a new competition as part of the socially responsible project “Valamar brine za marende fine” in which all elementary schools in the area of Istria, Rijeka and its surroundings and the island of Krk can participate. Schools can apply for the competition until September 27. A total of ten primary schools will win the “Week of home-made lunches”, during which Valamar will provide meals prepared from nutritionally rich and high-quality home-made ingredients for all school students.
Data from relevant research shows that as many as 65 percent of adults and 35 percent of children in Croatia are overweight. Therefore, it is extremely important to influence the creation of healthy eating habits at an early age, so that they are retained and applied throughout life. Precisely with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of quality nutrition among children, last year Valamar launched the project “Valamar cares for fine lunches”, the second edition of which will take place during the 2024/2025 school year.
Applications for the competition in the “Valamar brine za marende fine” project last until September 27 and are received via the online form available on the website. As part of the competition, students have to come up with a creative recipe for a balanced and healthy, hot or cold, brunch. The winners, who will be chosen by an expert jury, will be announced on October 8, 2024, and the “Week of home-made brunches” will be arranged by the winning schools with Valamar. More information about the school can be found on the official website of Valfresco Direkt at the link.
“We are glad that the project Valamar cares for fine lunches, which we launched last year, had an excellent response in schools, and we decided to give the opportunity to more schools to get involved and win the Week of homemade lunches for their students in the new school year. We invite elementary schools from the area of Istria, Rijeka and the island of Krk to apply for the competition and win this valuable award,” said Deana Stipanović, director of the Corporate Affairs Department in Valamar.
Valamar, the leading tourist company in Croatia, prepares tens of thousands of fine and healthy meals for guests in its hotels and resorts every day and has the necessary knowledge, experience, capacities and conditions for organizing procurement, creating and preparing school meals. Valamar’s Valfresco central kitchen in Vinež is equipped with state-of-the-art technology on an area of 3,400 m2, and can prepare up to 25,000 meals a day with the highest standards of health safety and correctness. Valamar has as much as 78% domestic food and drinks in its offer and cooperates with more than 100 local family farms that guarantee local and seasonal ingredients. The Valfresco Direkt platform, through which it offers ready and semi-ready meals, is available to guests of Valamar and residents of the area of Istria, Rijeka and its surroundings and the island of Krk.