Sodexo's K-12 planning, USDA extends school meal waivers

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Planning the unplannable: How Sodexo’s K-12 division is planning menus now for next school year amidst uncertainty

A point-by-point look inside the food service contract management company’s “building block” approach to student menus when school begins again, whatever that may look like. Sodexo looks ahead to challenges, scenarios and possible solutions.

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Latest School Nutrition Association survey paints sobering picture of district food service financial impacts, impressive picture of work being done

SNA asks 1,894 school districts’ foodservice teams for updates; finds more than 134 million meals served in April, median estimated loss per district tops $2.35 million in largest districts.

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USDA extends school meal waivers

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the extension of three nationwide waivers through August 31 to give child nutrition program operators flexibility to continue to feed children while promoting social distancing and keeping families safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Stories from the front lines: Broward County school district serves kids and families during pandemic

Zoe Crego, RD, program manager of nutrition education and training for Broward County (Fla.) Public Schools (BCPS) shares the story of 50 distribution sites, teamwork, resilience and how the district is planning for the summer and next school year.

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New kitchen prep innovations for school nutrition staff found in New Hampshire school district

Director Kelly Rambeau develops production solutions on the fly—an organized prep board and streamlined make-your-own meals—embraces opportunity to ‘show our community what the Pelham Nutrition Department is made of.’

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