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Yarooh Chaps! Billy Bunter would be in Seventh Heaven. The traditional boarding school tuckbox is coming bang up to date with the launch of TuckOnline, a unique service which will allow generous parents and friends from all over the world to order tuck hampers of healthy snacks, delicious treats and toiletries for teenagers at British boarding schools.

The brainchild of Pam Cruickshank, herself the mother of teenagers at boarding school in Dorset, TuckOnline is designed to give families peace of mind, particularly if they are based overseas or their child is starting to board for the first time. Its tuck has been specially chosen for its teen-appeal after thorough ‘road testing’ with teenagers in a string of well-known boarding schools including Rugby, Cheltenham, Millfield and Benenden and includes a wide range of delicious, wholesome, mostly additive-free and non-GM produce.

Vegetarians are specially catered for and there is even a gluten-free hamper which has the approval of “Coeliac UK”. Among the favourites; honey almond flapjacks, 100% fruit smoothies, hand-fried chilli and lemon potato chips and TuckOnline’s signature gourmet jelly bean topped chocolate: (well, you can’t expect youngsters to be good all the time!)

"Healthy foods are very difficult to define - TuckOnline certainly have a good mix with fruit, nuts, seeds and other healthy ingredients included in the range" Nicky Mendoza, Dietitian, Coeliac UK

The reaction of the ‘guinea pigs’ was uniformly ecstatic.

“Mummy the tuck box was a big hit! and very yummy –the tuck was well picked – not just junk – healthy alternatives which taste good!” an email hone from Jemma at boarding school in Kent.

"Thanx for amazin tuck box! So good! Can you please send another?” texted Shona from boarding school in Dorset.

School Staff and Parents were equally delighted:

"I think [TuckOnline] is quite excellent - it exudes quality from head to toe" enthused Martin Cooke, Headmaster of Clayesmore School, Dorset.

”The thought that students might be receiving something interesting, appetizing and healthy is very appealing." Su Cowell, Housemistress, Canford School.

"It's great to know it [TuckOnline.com] is there as I'm so far away" said Sue Roblin from Bermuda, whose teenager is at boarding school in Hertfordshire.

“My 13-year-old daughter’s always on the go at Millfield and sometimes runs out of energy” said Edward Jones, “so I was delighted that the food in her hamper was so nutritious as well as tasty.”

The service offers some of the necessities required when a youngster starts boarding for the first time such as a boarding school tuck box and storage trunk and items that overseas families can often find difficult to obtain when shopping in a new country, such as a torch, sewing kit, and even a traditional British teddy-bear to help youngsters over the strangeness of the first few months away from home.

Parents - and generous friends and family - make their selection online via TuckOnline’s straightforward, secure website (www.TuckOnline.com) the tuck hampers are delivered to the school to add the personal touch to birthday celebrations, provide a boost around exam time – or say 'well done' for coming top in chemistry or making the hockey team.

If you are interested in featuring TuckOnline in an article/TV or radio feature or would like
further details, contact Pam Cruickshank by email or on: 01258 458231

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