Stir it up! opens reader survey until June 30

Stir it up!, a foodservice magazine published for caterers, has opened a 2026 reader survey and said entries will remain open until June 30. The survey is being run online through SurveyMonkey and asks readers for views on issues that include school food, wellbeing, menu trends and service planning. Brook Street Food shared the survey link on X on June 2 and said responses would help shape a summer 2026 issue. The magazine is part of the Country Range Group publishing network and is aimed at caterers working across education, health and hospitality. ### Who is running the survey, and who is it aimed at? Stir it up! is described by Country Range Group as a magazine for independent caterers covering education, health and welfare, and hospitality. Country Range Group says the title is published 10 times a year and carries industry news, features, recipes and trend coverage for professional foodservice readers. A separate distributor page from Birchall Foodservice describes the magazine as serving caterers in care, education and hospitality. (surveymonkey.com) Brook Street Foods lists “Stir it up Magazine” among its services on its website. The company’s June 2 social-media post linked directly to the survey and said reader responses would inform the publication’s summer 2026 edition, matching the survey timing now running through the rest of June. ### What does the survey ask readers to submit? The SurveyMonkey entry page says the questionnaire is the “2026 Stir it up Readers’ Survey” and includes a personal-details section for respondents who want to enter a prize draw. (countryrangegroup.com) The page says prizes are worth £300, £200 and £100 to spend with a local Country Range Group wholesaler. It also asks for details including the respondent’s name and establishment. (brookstreetfoods.co.uk) The magazine’s current editorial coverage gives a clearer picture of the themes being put to readers. Stir it up!’s site says it covers food and drink news, recipes and advice for caterers in the education, care and hospitality industries, while the June 2026 issue highlights school food, mental health and broader foodservice trends. One recent article on the site focuses on wellbeing in school catering and links food provision to pupils’ routine and readiness to learn. (surveymonkey.com) ### Where did the June 30 deadline come from? The June 2026 issue says readers still have time to enter the 2026 survey and gives June 30 as the deadline. The same issue points readers to the SurveyMonkey address now being circulated online. That issue also frames the wider editorial agenda around food trends, school food and mental health, the same areas referenced in current promotion of the survey. (stiritupmagazine.co.uk) The June issue was already live online before the June 30 cutoff, indicating the survey was launched from the magazine’s May issue and is continuing through this month. Brook Street Food’s June 2 post appears to be part of that later push for responses rather than the first publication of the questionnaire. ### What happens after readers respond? Brook Street Food said on June 2 that survey responses would inform a summer 2026 issue. (harlech.co.uk) Neither the SurveyMonkey page nor the magazine pages reviewed publicly set out a publication date for that follow-up issue, but Stir it up! says it publishes 10 times a year and maintains a running archive of 2026 editions online. June 30 is the next firm date in the process. (harlech.co.uk) Until then, readers can submit responses through the SurveyMonkey form, and those who complete the personal-details page can also enter the prize draw for up to £300 with a local Country Range Group wholesaler. (surveymonkey.com) (brookstreetfoods.co.uk)