The start of a new school year is an exciting time, but it can also be a challenging one for school nutrition programs. Balancing nutrition, menu planning, and USDA compliance is a lot of work – pepper in staffing and lingering supply chain issues can be overwhelming, especially when trying to provide healthy and delicious meals to students. Thankfully, NutriStudents K-12 offers a range of valuable free resources to help you navigate these challenges and ensure a successful school year.
Let's take a closer look at these awesome (and totally free!) resources you can sign-up for instant access:
One of the key aspects of running a successful school nutrition program is showcasing your daily menus professionally. NutriStudents K-12 provides free calendar menu templates that make it easy to create visually appealing menus. These templates are not only functional but also customizable, allowing you to highlight special meals, dietary information, and more. With these templates, you can keep students and parents informed about the nutritious meals you're serving each day.
2. Cafeteria Connection - The Parent Newsletter:
Effective communication with parents is essential for promoting healthy eating habits and supporting school wellness policies. NutriStudents K-12 offers Cafeteria Connection, a free semi-customizable monthly parent newsletter that provides important information about a variety of nutrition and school nutrition programs topics. It's a great tool for building a strong partnership between your school foodservice program and parents.
3. School Meals Help Wanted Toolkit:
Finding and retaining qualified staff for your school nutrition department is crucial for delivering high-quality meals. NutriStudents K-12 understands the challenges in recruiting and communicating open positions. That's why we offer a comprehensive School Meals Help Wanted Toolkit. This toolkit is filled with resources to assist you in marketing and communicating job openings within your department. It includes customizable recruitment flyers, graphics for social media posts, job post templates and more – all to make the hiring process more efficient and effective.
4. Supply Chain Solutions Guide:
In today's post-pandemic world, supply chain challenges continue to impact the availability of certain food products. NutriStudents K-12 recognizes this and has created a Supply Chain Solutions Guide to help you navigate these challenges. This guide provides strategies and recommendations to ensure you can continue to offer nutritious meals to your students, even when faced with supply disruptions. It's a valuable resource to help you maintain menu consistency and quality.
NutriStudents K-12 offers a wealth of free resources to support your school nutrition program as you kick off the new school year. From professional menu templates and parent newsletters to hiring assistance and supply chain solutions, these resources are designed to make your job easier and more successful. By utilizing these tools, you can provide students with healthy, delicious meals while fostering a strong connection with parents and effectively managing your nutrition department.
These resources are just a sneak peek at the bonus marketing resources available to all NutriStudents K-12 subscribers. As you look to the school year ahead, we invite you to schedule a demo to preview our 45 weeks of student-approved, USDA-compliant menus, productivity tools and extensive marketing resources for child nutrition programs in action.
Here's to a successful and nutritious school year ahead!
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