K-12

Operations

Creative Dining Services expands into private K-12 sector with recent acquisition

The foodservice provider announced it has acquired fellow hospitality management company Pedestal Foods.

Operations

USDA's Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards program to honor school nutrition professionals

The USDA has teamed up with Action for Healthy Kids to launch the awards program which seeks to recognize school nutrition teams making strides in child nutrition.

Also in this week’s legislative update: A federal bill would help summer meal sites with rising costs and Delaware introduces a lunch shaming bill.

The facility includes a nutrition warehouse, student resource center and training facilities.

The state is using the initiative as a way to increase school breakfast participation.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, (D-Mich.), chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, rejected Sen. Roger Marshall’s (R-Kan.) request to have the bill pass by unanimous consent.

Sodexo has eliminated Styrofoam trays at Springfield Renaissance School thanks to an initiative led by students.

The nonprofit’s membership has expanded to 18 of the largest school districts in the country.

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023 passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 330-99.

The program will award $500,000 and $600,000 in grants to eight projects that seek to transform their local supply chain to bring local scratch-made meals to schools.

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