The menu box delivery intervention
Centres allocated to the intervention received a weekly menu box delivery service that included all ingredients and recipes required for morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack for the week, tailored to the number of children attending the centre. Intervention centres were provided with menu packs that included information about the delivery process, copies of tailored recipes and ingredient lists for each week of the 4-week menu. Ingredients were delivered weekly to centres by a local grocery supplier. The cost of the menu box delivery service, including ingredients, menus/recipes and delivery, was covered by the research team. Centres were asked to apply standard practices and policies to manage the preferences and dietary requirements of children in their care.Comparison centres were provided with a self-paced online menu planning training and an online menu assessment tool designed for LDC cooks to support the implementation of a centre menu that met Menu Planning Guidelines
Intervention flow and data collection points.