May 14, 2021 | Blog and Resources
Have you heard the buzz? No, it is not our yellow and black insect friends working to make our flowers bloom. Child nutrition programs are front and center and there is a lot to talk about, and even more importantly, do! Child Nutrition...
Oct 5, 2020 | Blog and Resources
Pizza Bagel Bistro Box? Fiesta Bean Spicy Salad? Peachy Keen Cookie Crumble? Berry Blast Fro-Yo? Sign up us for this menu – where are we eating? Why school of course! COVID may have certainly changed the way that schools are serving food this year, but it did...
Oct 31, 2018 | Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
Local Procurement Thresholds for Schools Increase Did you know? The regulations around procurement thresholds has changed…and for the better! The threshold for micro-purchases has increased from $3,500 to $10,000. The federal simplified acquisition threshold...
Aug 18, 2018 | Food Service Professionals
Purchasing Cooperatives Make Healthy Lunches Cheaper School Food Authorities are banding together to form purchasing cooperatives which give them more buying power and enable them to get food atcheaper rates for their schools. By ordering food together, schools save...
Jul 19, 2018 | Educators & Administrators, Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
A Local Cleveland Company Shows that Blemished Produce is Treasure, Not Trash Cleveland’s Perfectly Imperfect Produce is on a mission to show NEO that there’s nothing wrong with blemished or misshapen produce. Usually tossed into the trash by conventional grocery...