Optimize your menu as a team with a system to rou- tinely analyze data and your menu’s performance. Challenge your kitchen leaders to come to the discus- sion prepared to share their top three and lowest three participating menus. “Share and compare” ways to swap out and collaboratively refresh the menu mix. Catch us highlighting menu innovation with a virtual presentation on January 24th at 1:30 EST . We will highlight our second annual Mystery Chef Challenge competition, which is a fun and creative way to inspire staff to think about menu development and innovation. A box of mystery ingredients, combined with a dash of enthusiasm, gives school professionals the opportunity to take on the challenge to think out-of-the-box with recipe development and possibly win the title of Chef Champion. We believe your menu is only as successful as the staff who prepare it daily. Our goal with this challenge and professional development is to put the power of creation in the hands of the dedicated people who are pivotal in your program’s success. The recipe for success is building confidence in staff and fostering teamwork and excitement with creative professional development that moves your menus forward in new and exciting ways! Finally, remember that you don’t have to take every action all at once. Setting one or two specific and achievable goals are a great first step in providing the motivation and focus needed to stay the course past February. Put pencil to paper and write your SMART Goals for what to accomplish in 2024. Cheers to a New Year and all the possibilities it brings us!
popular menu items that kids are eager to see in the lunch line!
PONDER
Are you staffed for success? How can you understand the true cost of your meal programs ? Key Performance Indicators, like MPLH (Meals per Labor Hour), can help you put a plan together to optimize your menu with a realistic strategy. Try this downloadable worksheet resource to make informed decisions.
LEARN
Need a refresher course(s) in the business of school nutrition? Take a deeper dive into fiscal management with this great set of tools and resources from the team at the LunchBox. If you like short virtual training opportunities to help keep the information top of mind or more accessible for your team, join us on February 1st at 1:00 pm for a joint webinar with our friends at Health-e Pro where we will be discussing Financial Fitness ‘24 Register here! Make monthly cook meetings meaningful by diving into an evaluation of your cycle menu. Check out this scatter plot that visually depicts high-performing vs lesser- performing menu items at a glance. INNOVATE
Pisanick Partners Pisanick Partners is a nutrition and operations based consulting firm with decades of experience in Child Nutrition. We have refine our approach through creation of cycle menus, training and development of staff, and implementing strategies that take on the task of not only attaining nutritional excellence, but also financial success in the K-12 environment. Our experience not only supports a school district in meeting all state and federal mandates for implementing the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, but also the menu creation with an eye for detail and meticulous organization. The objective is to quickly and accurately evaluate, analyze and organize a district’s nutritional program to insure compliance and easy on-going maintenance.
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