One size does not fit all with menu innovation - not even for smaller districts. Monitor where menu participation is across your district’s sites. Some schools may lie in areas where dense populations of different cultural and ethnic groups are concentrated across the geographic region. We chatted with a Chicago area director whose district’s diversity is so vast they may serve pierogies at one school building but down the street need to offer another meal choice because a pierogi wouldn’t be accepted by that school’s population and would negatively affect participation. #9 Remember to “read the room.”
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Read up from our friends at Food Corps on S.H.I.F.T.I.N.G. our perspective. They remind us that food itself is an essential driver of positive changes to foster equity and inclusion. Especially in our schools.
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Pisanick Partners Edible Education: Slicing up Inspiration for Your Menu and More!
Looking for a little inspiration to help boost your menu cycle? Welcome to our column featuring bites of nutrition knowledge and insight for your team’s menu creation needs. Here you can digest four menu recipe categories to customize, create and expand your cycle menu for improved customer satisfaction. How about an easy to use cookbook with “Harvest of the Month,” “Simply Fresh,” “Global Trends,” and “Comfort Classic” recipes to fill your team’s idea basket? These recipes are sure to help inspire dishes that students will love and can easily be created in your kitchens to increase participation.
Meet our leadership team (From left to right) Marge Robison, MPH, RDN-LDN Sarah Carlson, MS, RD-LD David Pisanick, Co-Founder, CFO Maureen Pisanick, RDN-LDN Founder, CEO Tina Hastings, Operations Specialist Gina Nash, Operations Specialist (not pictured)
Pisanick Partners is a nutrition and operations based consulting firm with decades of experience in Child Nutrition. We have refined 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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