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Top 15 K-12 food service stories of 2023

Food Management

The year’s top K-12 stories tracked how school nutrition programs and providers tackled issues like labor shortages and product availability to keep kids fed with nutritious meals.

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K-12 Worry-Free Product Culinary Playbook

FoodService Director

Explore new ways to use ingredients that help create worry-free menu items for K-12 students with common food allergies.

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Tips for K-12 Foodservice and Scratch Cooking in Schools

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Due to labor shortages, many K-12 kitchens struggle to provide from-scratch meals to students. Some of these kitchens also may not be designed with the equipment needed to properly support a scratch cooking model.

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Metz uses Stealth Nutrition Program to better serve K-12 clients

Food Management

Company is rolling out 40 new stealthy healthy recipes this fall to engage students with appealing choices that use nutritious ingredients.

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State of K-12 foodservice: Full 2023 survey results

FoodService Director

This data compiled by FoodService Director comes from information provided by 141 K-12 operators in April and May 2023.

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Back to School: Food and labor costs will continue to challenge K-12 meal programs in 2023-24

Food Management

Finding sufficient and compliant products, as well as enough bodies to prepare and serve them, are top-of-mind issues for school foodservice operators in the coming year.

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Healthy Meals Summit brings connection and best practices to K-12 nutrition professionals

FoodService Director

The summit, which is part of the USDA’s and Action for Healthy Kids’ Healthy Meals Incentives, allowed operators from small and rural districts to connect and find ways to improve their programs.

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