It’s time to ‘lose the bap’, unless it’s a healthy one! Your idea for a healthy, nutritious lunch could win you £500!
LEADING convenience retailers, SuperValu and Centra, and public transport provider, Translink, have joined forces to launch the Healthy Lunch Off competition, challenging the whole of Northern Ireland to get creative and come up with a unique, healthy lunch idea that could win them some fantastic prizes.
Launching at the start of summer, the campaign also aims to encourage more people to be active and enjoy the great outdoors by packing a healthy picnic and hopping on board the bus or train to explore some of Northern Ireland’s top attractions and beauty spots.
The winner of the Healthy Lunch-Off competition, supported by SuperValu, Centra and Translink, will take home a cash prize of £500 and have their creation served in SuperValu and Centra delis for the whole country to sample, explained Desi Derby, Marketing Director, Musgrave.
“We already serve an extensive range of healthier food and drinks at our stores. With our Healthy Lunch Off competition, supported by SuperValu, Centra and Translink, we want to inspire young people and adults to think more about the choices they make when thinking about their lunch. Our customers love the convenience and quality that we offer them but we want them to know that we’re passionate about providing healthy food and drink alternatives.
“Part of the proceeds of the Healthy Lunch Off competition, supported by SuperValu, Centra and Translink, winning lunch creation will be donated to our charity partner, Action Cancer”, said Desi.
So what kind of healthy lunch creations do SuperValu, Centra and Translink expect to see from the public?
Desi continued: “We have no idea what the healthy lunch ideas will be but we expect to see salad bowls with a twist, a healthy sandwich or a wrap with a saucy surprise and maybe even a hot bite with a nutritious side – whatever the creation, it has to be unique, it has to be healthy and you have to be able to find the ingredients in Northern Ireland!”
There is nothing better than taking a day trip somewhere in Northern Ireland, said Ursula Henderson, PR Manager, Translink:
“We want to capture the public’s imagination and create some really ‘tasty trips’ by bus or train. Public transport is an active and healthy way to travel and we’ve a wide range of discount tickets available to encourage more people to get outside and explore Northern Ireland this summer.
“The competition is a fun way to get creative, pack the perfect picnic and enjoy a fun and healthy day out. Your entry could even be inspired by your journey and places you visit so we hope our customers enjoy getting their creative juices flowing and joining the Healthy Lunch Off!”
SuperValu and Centra have asked their experienced food ambassadors to be judges; Jane McClenaghan and Sarah Patterson, will bring their considerable experience of healthy food to the competition to decide which entries will make a delicious lunch.
Jane McClenaghan, Centra’s Nutrition Ambassador, said: “This is such an interesting challenge for those who want to eat healthier lunches and I can’t wait to see what wonderful ideas people come up with.”
Sarah Patterson, SuperValu’s Vegetarian Ambassador, said: “I would be so delighted to see some unique vegetarian and vegan inspired lunch ideas, so get your thinking caps on and send us in your ingredients for the Healthy Lunch Off.”
To enter, simply email your Healthy Lunch Off suggestion to, healthylunchoff@musgrave.ie, by the closing date which is Friday 13th July.
The prizes from SuperValu, Centra and Translink are £500 in cash for the winner, as well as having their creation available at SuperValu and Centra stores across Northern Ireland for a limited period. Translink travel ticket vouchers will also entitle winners, their family and friends, to free travel by bus and train right across Northern Ireland – perfect for relaxing summer days out.
For further information on the Healthy Lunch Off supported by SuperValu, Centra and Translink visit www.supervalu.co.uk, www.centra.co.uk and www.translink.co.uk.
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Ulster University and Frank and Honest join forces for student competition
Frank and Honest, who recently announced their commitment to become the first national coffee brand to move to 100% compostable coffee cups, has joined forces with the Ulster University to launch a competition asking their fashion students to create a wearable garment using only Frank and Honest compostable cups in their design.
The students will have their work cut out for them, explained Fergal O’Kane from Frank and Honest: “We are so thrilled to be partnering with the Ulster University and their incredible students. We’ve made a commitment to using only compostable cups by September this year and we wanted to celebrate this by working with the designers and recyclers of the future who will help us to communicate the importance of sustainability in a really fun and visual way.”
The students will create detailed drawings of wearable fashion designs from which the judges, from the Ulster University and Frank and Honest, will choose the winner who will get a cash prize, the chance to make their creation and to have it exhibited at a special event.
“The winning designer will get a top prize of £1000”, explained Fergal. “But most exciting of all is that the winning student will make the garment which former Miss Earth and reality TV star, Amira Graham, will model at a special event, later this year.”
Rachael Dickson, Associate Head of Ulster University’s Belfast School of Art said: “We are helping to nurture and develop the design talent of the future at our creative hub here at Ulster University’s Belfast School of Art. This competition is a fantastic opportunity for our students to showcase their creativity and vision, whilst also highlighting important issues around sustainability. Our students are all individual artists, designers and makers with unique approaches and vision developed through our Textile Art, Design and Fashion programme, so I have no doubt we will see a lot of exciting and challenging new ideas explored in their designs.”
Amira Graham who is a Former Miss Earth NI, an annual international environmental-themed beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness, said: “This is a fantastic competition as it not only encourages creativity in the students but it also promotes the importance of sustainability in our society, with a key demographic. I can’t wait to see what wonderful ideas the students come up with and to see the finished design. Frank and Honest is leading the way with their compostable cups and I hope many more companies follow their lead.”
Frank and Honest, available in selected SuperValu, Centra and Mace stores, will replace all non-recyclable single-use coffee cups with a new compostable cup and lid from September this year. This new initiative has the potential to divert millions of coffee cups from landfill annually.
The certified compostable coffee cups will be made from plant-based materials. After use, they can go in the brown bin and will biodegrade with food waste in under 12 weeks, creating nutrient-rich compost to feed Northern Ireland soils.
Find out the handiest place for you to get some Frank and Honest goodness at www.frankandhonest.ie.
For further information, please contact Michael McCrory, Communications Manager, 07890 636207, Michael.mccrory@musgrave.ie
