Amman, Jordan 17th September 2007: Zad's Catering Services, part of Zad Industries and Services, and Jordan's largest specialized food caterer, has announced the signing of an agreement with the School of Life, one of Jordan's leading private schools.

Upon this agreement, which was signed by Zad's General Manager Rodney Woolliscroft, and the administration of the School of Life, Zad will become the exclusive partner of the school, providing its ready to serve meals to the school's one hundred students on daily basis for lunch meals.

"Our aim through the extensive range of menus we are offering to the students of the School of Life is to provide a healthy nutritious and balanced diet, as we believe in the importance of healthy food for building and consolidating a more energetic learning environment." said Rodney Woolliscroft, General Manager, Zad.

Zad's services, demonstrated in this one-year agreement with the School of Life, will include a diversified range of menus of multinational hot and cold meals in addition to desserts containing the recommended daily intake of essential nutrients that the body needs, such as carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, and minerals.

"We are pleased to be signing this agreement with Zad Catering Services. Zad services will raise the standards of benefits we offer to our students therefore creating a dynamic and motivating environment. After a successful food tasting activity conducted prior to signing the agreement, our students and parents were very impressed by the quality of standards of Zad's tasty dishes," said a spokesperson on behalf of the School of life.

To ensure maximum consistency of hygiene Zad utilizes a focused quality management programme manifested in a specialized microbiology lab on site to check all phases of production from storage to delivery to guarantee food safety, in addition to controlled storage facilities that ensure different types of foods to be stored in accordance with their optimum storage environment.

"Providing our services to schools and educational institutions is a significant milestone in our portfolio which already includes major partnerships with large industrial establishments and corporate clients across the Kingdom," concluded Woolliscroft.

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Note to editors:
Zad's Catering Services is the largest Jordanian company to provide multinational hot and cold meals to large organizations and corporate businesses such as industrial establishments, service companies, governmental institutions, construction companies, universities, schools, and hospitals across the Kingdom.

Zad provides Arabic, Indian, Sri Lankan, and Chinese meals - within different menus at competitive rates for a wide range of tastes and budgets - prepared by 220 staff together with multinational chefs who work in accordance with international standards including ISO quality assurance and HACCP food safety procedures.

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