Whitsons School Nutrition

[LM]

According to the school website, Timberlane is now using Whitsons School Nutrition instead of Cafe Services. Does anyone know why the change was made?

[michelle_oneil]

June 7th School Board Meeting:
http://vimeo.com/43674665
Beginning at 27:22

[michelle_oneil]

Bottom line: the contract was up.
They went out to bid.
They found a comparable provider that has higher quality food.

[Rob C]

As Michelle said, comparable price for much better food. Seemed like a no brainier to me.

No high fructose corn syrup, boar's head brand meats, fresh vegetables pre-sliced, unlimited vegetables for same price for each child, etc...

I have all details if anyone would like me to post them.

One other benefit I thought was tremendous is they will have one of their employees dress as a chef and tour the schools at lunch introducing the kids to new foods and educating about nutrition. This happens monthly and one example given was smoothies. The chef made a small sample for every child to try.

All of this is in detail in the video link Michelle sent.

[russh]

No high fructose corn syrup, boar's head brand meats, fresh vegetables pre-sliced, unlimited vegetables for same price for each child, etc...

I am very happy to hear this.

[LM]

Thanks, Rob and Michelle, for the info.