Tray Trends: This Year’s New Cafeteria Items
The beginning of the school year is a convenient time for cafeterias to tweak their menus and introduce new foods. So it's also the time when the food industry showcases all the new items it has cooked up for school lunchrooms. Last month, I attended the School Nutrition Association's annual ...
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August 26, 2009
Tray Trends: As Restaurants Lean Healthier, Might Cafeterias Follow?
In February, Erik Peterson, the public awareness director for the School Nutrition Association, told me that school meals have always been a reflection of the broader American diet. Foodservice directors often visit restaurants and mall food courts on the weekends and observe what kids these days like to eat, he ...
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June 16, 2009
Tray Trends: Breakfast for Lunch
Breakfast for lunch is a hit with students in the Massachusetts school district I visited last week. The cafeteria director diverts her government commodity eggs to Sunny Fresh, a processor that serves food manufacturers and chain restaurants as well as schools, and receives boxes of scrambled egg patties and individually ...
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June 6, 2009
Tray Trends: Pizza Flavored Stuffed Beef Mini Bites, and Other Goodies From Tyson
Tyson calls itself the "leading supplier of protein" to school foodservice. The company supplies patties and nuggets to thousands of schools across the country, including 95 of the 100 biggest districts. What's coming out of those corporate kitchens? Recently released items include Chicken Round Ups (ring-shaped chicken nuggets made with ...
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May 22, 2009
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