ng and social media at the heart everything done across the site. A central navigation and communication wall will be the hub of the site and members’ profile activity, making navigation and the discovery of content, features and other members much quicker and easier.
The new site, built on Ruby on Rails, a platform that boasts names such as Groupon and Twitter, was chosen for its modular approach and build flexibility that will allow further development to take place much quicker than in the past.
The Staff Canteen managing director Mark Morris said: "this is a really exciting time, and whilst the development pr
ocess had thrown up a number of challenges we are delighted with the results which reflects in both design and build other major platforms ensuring that those that use The Staff Canteen will find the user experience similar to other products in the market. This shows our commitment to move forward and it takes our site development investment to over 150k to date and it doesn't stop there.”
Going forward The Staff Canteen has now developed a 60-hour per month development contract with 
rs The Staff Canteen team are taking a different approach to keeping our website independent and delivering content free from commercial influence. Our Editorial team have a critical role to play in informing and supporting our audience in a balanced way. We would never put up a paywall – The Staff Canteen is open to all and we want to keep bringing you the content you want; more from younger chefs, more on mental health, more tips and industry knowledge, more recipes and more videos. We need your support right now, more than ever, to keep The Staff Canteen active. Without your financial contributions this would not be possible.
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