Across the country, school meal participation is down significantly since COVID struck. Your participation may be down so much that you might be panicking. COVID-19 has changed…
School meal participation is down significantly since COVID struck. Here are a few ideas to help you feed more students. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/tips-improving-participation/

COVID-19 has placed tremendous financial strain on school meal programs. While schools across the country valiantly continued feeding kids when schools shut down, participation…
SNA’s editorial supplement, “It’s Time to Mobilize Your Marketing,” sponsored by NutriStudents K-12, stresses the importance of marketing school meals during COVID-19 operations. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/mobilize-your-marketing/

Do you sense already that your menu rotation may not hold students’ interest through the fall? Are you stretched thin with menus for multiple service models, such as meals in the…
Imagine a 40-week menu rotation! Weeks 31-40 were created specifically for COVID-19 service. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/tap-40-week-menu-rotation-today/

You have probably heard the good news – the USDA has extended several waivers for school meal programs through December 31, 2020. This means schools can use summer meal guidelines…
With the USDA’s extension of several waivers, schools can continue using summer meal guidelines to feed students this fall. Tap into our free menus. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/free-resources-fall/

Need more support? We offer: A full 40-week rotation of USDA-compliant lunch menus Both hot and cold lunch options Scalable recipes Daily and weekly compliance reports…
We’re continuing our support of school nutrition programs during COVID-19 with our new FREE Back-to-School Guide, now available for download. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/free-resource-back-school-guide/

Let your scholars know how much you care and miss them by sharing some of these short messages in their meals: Love yourself enough to eat your broccoli. You do not find the…
Let your scholars know how much you care and miss them by sharing some of these short messages in their meals. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/inspirational-message-share-kids/

The closer the start of the 20-21 school year gets, the more School Nutrition Programs (SNP) that don’t currently have a defined service model will be under the gun to serve…
The closer SY20-21 gets, the more foodservice programs without a defined service model will need NutriStudents K-12 to respond quickly to emerging guidance. Pay no set up fee thru 8/10. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/offer-extended-pay-no-set-fee/

You need be prepared for most anything and everything this fall. Meals could be served in the cafeteria on a limited basis or delivered to classrooms. Some schools will continue…
We're expanding our NSLP menus and including more cold menu weeks that are perfect for grab-and-go and in-class service. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/10-new-nslp-menu-weeks-out-fall/

    We'd Love to Answer Any Questions You Have! Call toll-free: 844-204-2847 / Email: info@NutriStudentsK-12.com Or you can Request information   Do you have any idea what…
Many FSDs are playing through multiple scenarios for the fall, not knowing which will prevail. NutriStudents K-12 can help you respond swiftly to whatever fall may bring. The $1,995 set-up fee is being waived through 7/10. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/be-ready-anything-fall/

Since COVID-19 began closing schools across the country, school nutrition professionals have garnered a well-deserved and long overdue moment in the spotlight. Yolanda Fisher,…
In honor of School Lunch Hero Day, Friday, May 1, we say THANK YOU to our school nutrition heroes serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response to help kids in need. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/celebrating-you-frontlineheroes-slhd/

Free menus meet USDA meal pattern guidelines for Summer Food Service Program and National School Lunch Program's Seamless Summer Option We’ve already had hundreds of school…
We're pleased to extend a free COVID-19 Emergency Menu to districts offering meals through the Seamless Summer Option (SSO). https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/free-covid-menus-schools/

The response to our free COVID-19 Emergency Menu (see introductory blog post) has been amazing. Schools across the country have taken advantage of our offer during this time of…
Thanks to a partnership with America’s dairy farm families, we’ve added another week of cold lunch meals to our FREE COVID-19 menu. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/free-covid-19-menu-adds-week/

If young people in your school or in your midst are struggling to understand the coronavirus and its effects on their little worlds, the media have offered up stories and…
What do you say to confused young people about the coronavirus? https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/talking-kids-about-covid-19/

To help schools in the event of closing, NutriStudents K-12 is making publicly available – free to all – a COVID-19 Emergency Menu. It includes 3 weeks (5 days each) of fully…
To help schools in the event of closing, NutriStudents K-12 is making publicly available – free to all – a COVID-19 Emergency Menu. https://nutristudentsk-12.com/news/fresh-bites-blog/free-covid-19-emergency-menu/