There food service led to child care and later to uniforms, and the latest 15-year contract renewal will see the unveiling of a new-look dining hall in 2004.

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At Amherst College many students were noisily furious when 40 teachers paraded into the dining hall with anti-war slogans.

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There's a big, rustic dining hall, a frost-lined ice house, a hot tub big enough for a dolphin and an outdoor patio complete with a charming smoking tent.

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In a dim basement dining hall in Cherkasy, decorated with blue-and-white Star of David pennants, a woman who emigrated in 1988 recently watched in shock as old women dumped part of their lunch into plastic bags for dinner and breakfast.

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For example, in a traditional schools procurement an "input" approach is taken - the authority would specify the number and size of classrooms, the size of the dining area and games hall.

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