THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL MEALS COMPANY

At Carambola, we endeavour to create, share and deliver healthy food that will always excite and engage. We are here to help, we understand the challenges that educators and parents face everyday in order to deliver the best education to the next generation. We take pride in our role of fueling that learning.

We consider ourselves partners with the schools we work with, we are always here to resolve issues, find efficiencies and make sure everyone is fed with a smile on their face. We are change makers in the industry. From the start we have shaped the school lunch industry in Ireland and we are proud to say that we were the school meals company chosen to work with the Minister and the Department on the Hot School Meals Project by way of a proof of concept resulting in the rollout of the programme as we know it today.

We have worked continuously with education and government agencies to drive the standards to deliver better food offering for children across the country everyday. We continue to innovate and evolve our processes and procurement in order to deliver the best quality product in a sustainable and equitable way.

Why Choose Carambola?

Great Food,

Excellent Service,

Even Better People

.... is why!

• Irish owned and operated family Business operated by Colm & Aideen OBrien who have a combined 60 years Catering experience.

• Multi FSAI Award Winning School Meals Company (Food Safety Association of Ireland) Celebrating 20 years in Business in 2023!

• State of the Art Production facility in Limerick with Depots in Dublin, Mullingar, Sligo, Donegal, Galway and Cork

• Nationwide Coverage supplying 300 schools daily.

• Nutrition focused Hot and Cold Menu created in collaboration with our small but very discerning clients who tell it as it is!

• Lunches delivered in our fleet of refrigerated vehicles. Each lunch individually chosen, produced, packed, labelled and delivered by our amazing Team of dedicated men and women.

• Budget support. We help you manage your Budget to ensure you dont overspend. In the event of an Audit we supply a complete pack with all of the information required by DEASP

• A Guaranteed Irish company we aim to purchase from Local Irish Suppliers where possible.

• Dedicated Customer Support Team on the ground backed up by our Office Support Team.

• Our commitment to continuous improvement across every aspect of our business means we constantly review and respond to the needs of our client schools, Principals and students.

• As part of our award winning Corporate Social Responsibility Programme we continue to work with our client schools supporting school staff, school children and their community through project based initiatives.