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Small Changes – Huge $$ Impact
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Speaker Slide
Carol Chong
Natnl. Nutrition Advisor
Alliance for a
Healthier Generation
Jana Landrum
Child Nutrition Director
San Benito CISD TX
Chris Burkhardt
Child Nutrition Director
Cleveland Metro
School District OH
Susan Stone
School Nutrition
Coordinator
Newton County School
District GA
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Key Area 3: Administration
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Affiliation or Financial Disclosure
This presentation was supported by the Grant or Cooperative Agreement, NU1ADP003091-03, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
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• This session provides one (1) CEU
⎻ Key Area: Administration 3000
⎻ Key Topic: Using your #SocialMedia savvy to make
#SmallChangesHuge$$Impact
Professional Standards Code
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CONTINUING
EDUCATION
CREDITS
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We work to empower kids
to develop lifelong healthy
habits by ensuring the
environments that surround
them provide and promote
good health.
All young people
deserve a chance to
live healthier lives.
OUR VISION OUR MISSION
Alliance for a Healthier
Generation
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Healthy Schools
Our Healthy Schools
Program helps to create and
sustain healthy school
environments where
students, especially those in
greatest need, can achieve
greater academic success
and life long healthy habits.
Alliance for a Healthier
Generation
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25 million childrenhave been reached through our work
with schools, communities and
businesses
Alliance for a Healthier
Generation
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PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS IN
SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Alliance for a Healthier
Generation
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Fostering Flavor Exploration
GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SC
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⎻ Joe Urban, Director Food and Nutrition Services
⎻ 101 schools - 44th largest in the United States
⎻ 80,000 meals/day
⎻ Scratch/speed scratch cooked meals
❖ Participation increases - $$ Impact:
✓ 4% lunch
✓ 42% breakfast over 4 years
Greenville County Schools, South Carolina
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• Fresh, premium and
scratch/speed scratch-cooked
• Creative add-ons from hydroponic
gardens
• Premium seafood and Certified
Angus Beef
• Locally raised products
Greenville County Schools: Fostering flavor exploration
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Greenville County Schools: Fostering flavor exploration
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Greenville County Schools: Fostering flavor exploration
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Greenville County Schools: Fostering flavor exploration
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Greenville County Schools: Fostering flavor exploration
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Proof of the “Pudding…”
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Marketing and Menu Makeover
Susan Stone
Newton County School Nutrition
Covington, GA
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Affiliation or Financial Disclosure
• Pro Team Consultants hired to facilitate this pilot
program.
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Newton County School District-Covington, GA
•35 miles east of Atlanta
•Student enrollment- 19,500
•23 schools
•Free & Reduced-68.5%
•2017-
•Breakfast participation- 38.1%
•Lunch participation- 74.2%
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Lunch Participation-Trends
•SY 12- 81.5%
•SY 13-79.1%
•SY14- 79.8%
•SY 15- 75.6%
•SY 16- 76.3%
•SY 17- 74.2%
•5 Year Period- 7.3 % decrease
•SN Department SY 18 Goal- Develop new menus for next upcoming year and review serving strategies with select group of SNP managers.
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Project Timeline
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Marketing and Menu Makeover Pilot for Clements Middle School
•February 12-16, 2018
Cosmetic Makeover
• Painted walls
• Removed awnings over doorways
• Artwork and Updated Bulletin Boards
Marketing and Redesign of Menus
•Built menus around themes, i.e. All American Day
•Marketed menus, flavor station, and self serve to students,
faculty, and parents
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Serving Line -Before and After
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Serving Line - Before and After
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Artwork
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Menu Makeover
▪ Monday: All American Day- Hot Dog w/ Chili and toppings
▪ Tuesday: Mashed Potato Bar- Topped with choice of Buffalo Chicken or
Home-style Chicken Nuggets and Shredded Cheese
▪ Wednesday: Rice Bowl- Topped with choice of Chicken or Beef
▪ Thursday: Pasta Bar- Pasta with choice of Chicken Alfredo or Beef Marinara
▪Friday: Friday Favorites -Pizza & Chicken Tenders
Serving Strategies identified:
▪ Increased interaction between SNP employee and students
▪ Student self serve cold items such as fruit
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Flavor and Flatware Station
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Self- Service
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Student Panel
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Student Panel
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And for the outcome…
•Lunch Participation in August 2017- 84.1%
•Lunch Participation in April 2018- 89.9%+ 5.8%
Small changes – Huge $$ Impact
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How to Make a Big Difference
Christopher Burkhardt
Cleveland Metro School District, Cleveland OH
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Cleveland Metro School DistrictHow to Make a BIG Difference
Variety Display Market Separate
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Variety, Variety, Variety
Two (2) options
Fifteen (15) options
++Fresh Fruits
Breakfast Options
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Small changes – Huge $$ Impact
The result?
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Small changes – Huge $$ Impact
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Variety, Variety, Variety
Breakfast Participation
August 2016-2017 School Year 16,847
August 2017-2018 School Year 22,074
++ 5,227 31%
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Fruit, Variety, Display, Marketing And A Bunch
Of Other Stuff
Small changes…
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Small changes…
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Display – Huge $$ Impact
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Display – Huge $$ Impact
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Display – Huge $$ Impact
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Market
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Lift and Separate
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Lift and Separate
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San Benito, TX
Rethinking the Traditional Serving Line
Based on a Pre-Portion Self Serve System
PK-12th
Jana Landrum, SNS
San Benito CISD, TX
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Our Customers
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• Serve a variety of Menu Options
in an attractive way on the
traditional line
• Maintain speed of service on the
line with additional choices
Offer a Variety of Quality Menu Choices Daily
1
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• Quickly serve appealing meal
choices to allow enough time for
students to enjoy their food
• Prevent long lines during meal
periods which discourages
participation
Allow ample time for eating at mealtime
2
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• Upgrade equipment, serving lines
to meet quality, variety and speed
• Control labor costs
• Maintain and increase
participation
• Control food costs
Make it work for the ‘Bottom Line’
3
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Traditional Elementary Line in 2004
• Pre-portioned cold fruit and vegetables displayed on 18” x 26” pans.
• Hot entrée and vegetables served on line.
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Traditional Elementary Line in 2013
• A common scenario.....schools still struggling to serve choices on a traditional line with steam wells
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Elementary Serving Line 2018 Pre Portion Self Serve System
Front of Line Back of Line
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Serving LinePre Portion Self Serve System
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Implementation
Pre-Portion Self Serve System
PK-12th Grade
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• All serving lines converted to heated and
refrigerated merchandisers. No serving
wells.
• Staff retrained on new system-timing of
preparation, batch cooking
• All hot food portioned in the back of the
house for just in time service
• Cold merchandisers are stocked once or
twice during entire serving period
Impact on Equipment & StaffPre Portion Self Serve System
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• Served 1 mega lunch for 8 years at High
School without loss of participation serving
over 1800 meals in one 40 minute lunch (10
serving lines)
• Reduced labor at all schools utilizing a
standardized work matrix
• Reduced equipment costs for serving lines
• Improved portion control
BenefitsPre Portion Self Serve System
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• Easy to reconfigure lines in response to
change in school meal schedule or
student population
• Flexible and allows for creativity in menu
planning and merchandising
• Created standardized system for serving
line, kitchen layout, menu and work
schedules
Benefits of Pre Portion Self Serve System
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District Enrollment 10,500
• Participation
Lunch 90% of Enrollment
Breakfast 65% of Enrollment
• Labor - 30 % of Revenue
• Food - 42% of Revenue
Results-Happy Customers
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Thank you!
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• foodplanner.healthiergeneration.org
• schools.healthiergeneration.org
• https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/index.htm
Resources
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