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Change in Parkway food service
4/16/2021 -- Parkway’s Board of Education, on April 14, approved a contract with the food service management company Chartwells to support the district's nutrition services department.
Some of the key reasons for the decision to move to a food service management company include:
- Additional resources for the nutrition services department
- Marketing and design support of cafe spaces
- Enhanced menu development to meet guidelines
- Staffing support and training
- Improvements to kitchens and cafes
- National network and lower food costs
- Student focused
- Innovations that include the following:
- Utilization of school gardens
- Investment in food trucks that can be used daily
- Food waste donation
- Including an option to supply to nonprofits
- Menus that track allergens
- Menus for catering
- Work with local farmers
- Attract and retain employees
- Significantly lower food supply costs
- Discovery kitchen - working with students
The district will be able to retain all food service employees under the plan.
Overall 246 school districts in the state have a management company for their food service including the Clayton, Pattonville, Kirkwood, Lindbergh, Ladue, Bayless and Affton school districts.