Making News Headlines…Congrats to Chef Adam Gentles at Benson Unified School District in Arizona – his “So Good” cucumber promotion was selected for FoodService Director Magazine’s “Heart of FoodService” – Way to go Adam in creating healthy, exciting menu items for BACK to SCHOOL!
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More meaningful than your usual “Iron Chef, but with kids” cook-off and opens up the door to the community in the form of local farms and producers, inspiring us on this Earth Day! K-12 by Elior sponsored the Junior Chef Competition where students from 3rd to 8th grade at Benson (AZ) Unified School District were
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Farmington High Schools in New Mexico unveil their NEW “Make-Your-Own” where students have the opportunity to customize their meals! The idea for Make-Your-Own came from K-12 by Elior Resident District Manager Paula Szczepanek, who was looking for a way to not only keep costs low, but also increase participation.
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Farmington Municipal Schools was recently awarded Elior North America’s Doing Good Award. Since 2019, the K-12 by Elior Student Nutrition Team together with FMS, diverted over 50 tons of the schools’ food waste from landfills through Elior’s Zero Waste program. “They were awarded the award at the end late of 2023 due to being an
Read more about FRESH PICKS, a longstanding value-added engagement program from K-12 by Elior that spotlights a different healthy ingredient each month – featured at Benson Unified School District! “Fresh Picks is a value-added engagement program for all schools, and so it’s going to highlight seasonal produce each month and it encourages having more fruits
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Back to School never tasted this good! A full and healthy breakfast for this adorable student at the Renaissance Charter School at Crown Point in Ocoee, Florida! She chose a house-made blueberry yogurt parfait with banana, orange juice, and milk topped with granola. Parfaits are great fuel for the body and brain. Nutrients such as protein, natural sugars, and healthy
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Proud of Regional Chef Camilo Garavito, featured in the national media for his unique take on tacos – just in time for back to school! Born in Colombia, Chef Camilo travels to K-12 Elior-managed schools where he offers students interesting tasting experiences. “I cook and offer students different foods to sample in order to expand
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Like restaurants, schools must contend with the impact of inflation, supply chain disruption and evolving food preferences. Over the last year, K-12 by Elior divested Preferred Meals, a brand that served 170,000 students. “The service consisted of pre-plated, unitized meals similar to tv dinners for schools that didn’t have traditional kitchens or a Class 3
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Breakfast participation doubled when June Kell, food service director at East Village Junior High Public Charter School, Little Rock, Ark., treated students to a fun breakfast treat during National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) earlier this spring: a berry smoothie topped with a blueberry muffin donut. To help her track which celebrations are on the horizon,
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Renaissance Charter School at Central Palm, recently celebrated National School Lunch Hero Day by hosting a special event to recognize and honor the school’s cafeteria staff. The event was held Friday, May 5th where more than 300 students from kindergarten through 8th grade sampled chocolate chip cookies and fruit parfaits with strawberries, blueberries, graham crackers,
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