Photo Cred: (1) Kelly Price, Donegal School Food Service; (2-4) Joe Urban, Greenville County Schools Vegetable Dumplings Video : Joe Urban, Greenville County Schools; Throwback Thursday Videos : Photo Cred: Roy Pistone, Citrus County School District
“Our customers love variety, while sticking to foods they love. „
3
4
fun to bring back meals of yesteryear. The district does this once a month, publicizes it, and everyone has gotten into it, especially faculty who ”are beyond themselves” with some of their childhood favorites. Part of the event involves creating YouTube videos to show off the new concept, so let’s take it back to yesteryear with rectangle pizza and salisbury steak. Customizable Stations When you look in your area at where students may be going for lunch, you probably see restaurants such as Moe’s, Uncle Maddios, Surcheros, Panda Express, and Jersey Mike’s. All of them have one major thing in common- they are customizable. Our customers love variety, while sticking to foods they love. In talking with Joe,he made a great point,“These Build Your Own Stations allow operators to utilize minimal serving line space and
maximize menu options for our customers. This is critically important in the K-12 industry because we have very little space in regards to the amount of menu offerings we can have each day.” As for what is popular, he said, “In Greenville, our Build Your Own Bar concepts allow students to customize their lunch to their liking, some of our Build Your Own Bar lunches have up to a dozen ways to customize a meal. Our more popular Build your Own Bars include the Taco Bar, Nacho Bar, Tater Tot Nacho Bar, Asian Bar, Chicken Wing Bar, Brunch Bar, Pasta Bar, and the Baked Potato Bar.” While your program may already be well on its way with some of these trends, I hope there are some new concepts that you can take with you into the New Year. Cheers to new ideas in 22-23 that are sure to take your program to the next level!
Special thanks to: Joe urban, Greenville County Schools for content con- tributions. Follow his program on these socials for more inspiration!
Kathryn was “born and raised” in the world of child nutrition but has worked with Child Nutrition Programs since 2006. Kathryn oversees several state and private contracts for TCB, provides operational oversight, and ensures project compliance and deadlines. Kathryn provides training in the areas of personal development and marketing on behalf of TCB. She has conducted hundreds of Administrative and Procurement reviews across the country on behalf of State Agencies. In States that TCB does not hold State contracts, Kathryn assists SFAs operate compliant programs, prepare for reviews, and her favorite-helping them ensure child nutrition procurement compliance! She is known for her energy and enthusiasm for school meals and has a passion for serving others. TCB Consulting is based out of Tallahassee Florida and has several remote offices across the country. Chief Operating Officer, TCB Consulting Kathryn Rippee, SNS
Powered by FlippingBook