Food and Feedback: Aramark Student Nutrition Embraces Community and Change for Collaborative Dining
2024年7月30日 - 8:00PM
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As the school year opens for Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), Student
Nutrition is ready to power the potential of every student by
serving up outstanding hospitality and culinary innovation
throughout all the school districts it serves. This innovation has
been fueled by the results of tens of thousands of student and
caregiver surveys gathered this past spring.
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As the school year opens for Aramark
(NYSE: ARMK), Student Nutrition is ready to power the potential of
every student by serving up outstanding hospitality and culinary
innovation throughout all the school districts it serves. This
innovation has been fueled by the results of tens of thousands of
student and caregiver surveys gathered this past spring. (Photo:
Business Wire)
“When we say that we value engagement and community voices, we
mean it,” said Barbara Flanagan, President and CEO of Aramark
Student Nutrition. “Our outreach to middle and high school
students, along with elementary school parents and guardians, and
their feedback has shaped our dining experience for the upcoming
school year. Students looked to taste, freshness, and appearance of
food as priority, while the parents added healthy food options to
that list.”
To meet these needs, Student Nutrition has tasked its Culinary
Alliance of chefs to work with its Nutrition Network to add even
more exciting from-scratch recipes that use fresh and local
ingredients. These recipes include special limited time offers for
each month of the school year, as well as homemade cinnamon sugar
churros with sun butter cocoa dip for a breakfast option, turkey
barbacoa tacos, a “new-stalgic” patty melt, a permanent addition of
last year’s hit high school LTO quesa-birria, and a special Rally
café station Mediterranean grain bowl.
Community Involvement
This melding of community desires and national trends doesn’t
stop with Student Nutrition’s teams. Indian Hill High School in
Ohio led the way through its Guest Chef program – the Principal
worked with food service director Peter Wynne to develop his
special menu item, Italian Sausage and Peppers. This was quickly
followed by the Athletic staff’s Kickin’ Spicy Chicken Sandwich and
Slow Roasted Pulled Pork Sandwich.
“I’ve spent over 20 years in food service,” said Wynne. “And I
know one of the most essential parts of hospitality is building
relationships.”
Part of building authentic relationships that reflect
communities is a commitment to offering diverse culinary menus.
Aramark created new Chef Spotlight meals for Hispanic, Black
History, Women’s, and Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage
Months for participating districts this year. In celebration of
Hispanic Heritage Month in September, Student Nutrition districts
will feature authentic and tasty Arroz con Pollo, Sopita, and
Picadillo Burrito meals.
“Food is a communal experience. We absolutely love getting
students and the greater K-12 community involved in their dining
program,” said Senior Executive Chef Laura McMann. “When we can
incorporate their kitchen innovation, whether it is through shared
guest recipes or adapting winning student chef menus, we can create
a unique feel that speaks to its locale.”
Culinary Evolution
It’s not only the community that can show off its culinary
chops; in Texas, there is a piloted Culinary Camp program that
trains every kitchen worker on the techniques and processes that
promote excellence. Not every person in the dining hall is a chef,
but all staff members can enhance their skills.
“Our people continuously seek learning and new experiences,”
said Terry Kirk, Vice President for Human Resources for ASN. “It is
our privilege to be able to find new ways to provide that kind of
lifelong education for our staff, whether it is in traditional
training modules completed annually or in hands-on skill shops that
are conducted with a significant helping of fun in a ‘summer camp’
setting.”
Enhancing skills and knowledge goes beyond operational teams.
The Nutrition Network deployed a member survey to catalogue its
member strengths and find ways to share expertise. The current
network has nearly 450 combined years of nutritional experience, as
well as holding multiple additional degrees and credentials. The
range of key knowledge areas is diverse, with special
concentrations in allergen and special diet knowledge as well as
deep understanding of USDA regulations.
Additionally, Aramark has launched Connect365, a wellness
communication hub providing turnkey resources to power client
health and wellbeing communications. Through this powerful new
tool, partner school districts can pull informative blogs from
Aramark’s latest What's a Parent To Do series to share parenting
tips and tricks for their school children and then distribute
crafted wellness communications to help parents on their path to
healthier living for the entire family. Thanks to the insights and
inspiration of hundreds of our chefs, dietitians, and other
wellness experts, this library of knowledge can be shared in
digital communications with three simple steps: copy, paste,
post.
Want to see what Aramark Student Nutrition is cooking up this
school year? Visit the freshly redesigned website to access what
the districts’ latest dining program innovations are, plus
informative articles and case studies on how Student Nutrition is
powering student potential nationwide.
About Aramark
Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) proudly serves the world’s leading
educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, world champion
sports teams, prominent healthcare providers, iconic destinations
and cultural attractions, and numerous municipalities in 15
countries around the world with food and facilities management.
Because of our hospitality culture, our employees strive to do
great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and the
planet. Aramark has been recognized on FORTUNE’s list of “World’s
Most Admired Companies,” The Civic 50 by Points of Light 2024,
Fair360’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” and “Top Companies for
Black Executives,” Newsweek’s list of “America’s Most Responsible
Companies 2024,” the HRC’s “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ
Equality,” and earned a score of 100 on the Disability Equality
Index. Learn more at www.aramark.com and connect with us on
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