Date & Time: Wednesday, May 7th at 2 p.m. ET
School nutrition programs face increasing challenges in today’s educational landscape. Administrators must balance nutritional quality, cost efficiency, regulatory compliance, and student satisfaction while operating within tight budgets and staffing constraints. Leveraging strategic partnerships offers valuable solutions beyond food procurement, providing support in areas such as technology, equipment, staffing, and more.
In this 30-minute Ed Talk, we will discuss how cooperative purchasing can help secure better pricing on food and explore additional benefits like technology for inventory management, nutritional analysis, kitchen and dining equipment, and staffing solutions. We’ll also cover strategies for evaluating these opportunities and communicating their value to stakeholders.
Key Takeaways:
- Gaining Collaborative Support: Learn how partnerships and cooperative purchasing can support food procurement, technology, equipment, and staffing
- Collaboration Benefits: Understand how to achieve cost savings and meet nutritional standards through collaboration
- Stakeholder Communication Strategies: Gain best practices for communicating the benefits of these partnerships to stakeholders
This session will provide actionable insights on how school administrators can improve program efficiency and student satisfaction through collaborative support.
***All attendees will be able to safely download the whitepaper, “Serving Success: Transforming Public Sector Food Purchasing” to learn more about optimizing K-12 food service programs.
Speakers
Ryan Owen, Director, Partner Development, Food, OMNIA Partners
Jon Garrett, Group Vice President, Food & Nutrition, OMNIA Partners
Tomek Kruszec, CPPO, CPPB, Director, Public Sector Contracting, OMNIA Partners
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