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“It looks really beautiful! I would put our salad bar up against any salad bar in town because it looks that good!”– Kathy Burrill the food service director for Chisago Lakes Area Schools
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How to Make Your Salad Bar Healthy and Popular
Include all Meal Components—making a salad meet the NSLP requirements for a full meal is quite easy with a salad bar! Make sure that the utensils measure the correct serving size of each item. For example one scoop of …
Food Order Leads Kids to Make Healthy Choices in the Lunch Line
Each school day, over 31 million K-12 students eat a USDA reimbursable meal. Food service at most schools consists of a lunch line where students move though the line and make their food choices. This buffet style service provides students …
Lunch Money Lessons: Paying Cash Leads to Healthier Choices in School Lunchrooms
Gone are the days of lost or forgotten lunch money! Over 60% of schools currently use electronic debit systems where students can simply enter their account number at checkout and pay for their lunch with no cash needed. Accounts can …
How Parents Can Help Promote Participation in the School Lunch Program
Every parent desires for their children to succeed in school and have good health. Part of establishing and maintaining good health is making healthy food choices. Eating nutritious foods impacts not only students’ health, but also mood, development and ability …
Prompts, Pushes, and Pulls: Using the Power of Persuasion to Influence Student Food Choices
Individuals make thousands of decisions each day and are faced with hundreds of food choices. If we had to stop and analyze every decision completely we would never get anything done. That is why we often look for shortcuts or …
Building in Choices for Kids in Lyons, NY
Over the years, food service personnel in Lyons Central School District (LCSD), located in Wayne County, NY, have worked very hard to make sure the cafeterias are places where children have access to healthy food. New USDA meal regulations coupled …
The Benefits of Participating in the National School Lunch Program
There are many benefits to buying lunch at school. Here are a few facts to consider:
School Lunches are Healthful
- The National School Lunch Program provides school children with 1/3 or more of their Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for key
Serving Up the Smile Factor: 5 Ways to Leverage Likeability and Increase Lunchroom Sales
Research shows that people prefer to say “yes” to individuals they know and like1,2. Likability is the best predictor of success for ad campaigns3 and has been a consistent indicator of the outcome of presidential elections4
Generating Buy-In From School Administration Officials
While most members of the school community are generally in favor of changes that can improve the school environment for students, one of the challenges that sometimes crops up when a Smarter Lunchroom Makeover is proposed is resistance from the …