Students learn better when they have access to nutritious meals at school, but managing a successful program can be challenging. Our seasoned pros provide enhanced nutrition solutions that meet the needs and values of your school community while strengthening your food service operations. And when you’re ready, we can help bolster your catering services to add revenue to your bottom line. Partner with us to write the recipe for a healthy future for your students and your school meal program.
A Nutrition Operations Assessment is the best place to start for a comprehensive understanding of your program. Available as a basic or an in-depth program review, we'll deliver insights to improve your effectiveness and efficiency with an actionable plan for improvement. Learn more →
Successful nutrition service programs depend on strong leadership, and we can help with the recruitment, selection, and support for a new Director. Our experienced team will review the current job description, complete a compensation analysis of similar positions in comparable districts, and provide ongoing support for new leaders to increase effectiveness. If your district is transitioning from contracted nutrition services to self-operation, we can also guide you through the process.
One of the best ways to strengthen district and community support for your Nutrition Services program depends on your program branding. Whether you're looking to create the branding or refresh existing branding, we'll explore the most impactful way to tell your story by incorporating the mission, vision, and values of your program.
Preparing for your district's annual Nutrition Services state review can be time consuming and complex. We can project manage the process by focusing on key areas including: wellness policy and programming, menu compliance, fiscal budget review, food safety protocols and procedures, special diet menus, and educational benefits administration.
We thrive on managing projects that are important but often not urgent. Partner with our team for help with budgeting, reporting, purchasing, and more to ensure these critical tasks are being completed efficiently and on-time while freeing up your team to focus on other priorities.
Proactive planning is key when it comes to nutrition services equipment life cycles. From keeping equipment in tip-top shape with preventative maintenance schedules through replacement cycles and budgeting for those updates, CESO helps with everything from creating the plan to managing it for you.
Catering programs are often underutilized or overlooked within districts, but they can add revenue to your bottom line and also increase community engagement. Whether you're looking to start a catering program from scratch or to fine-tune an existing one, CESO can help ensure you're leveraging your existing resources to expand your meal service offering.
The Nutrition Operations Assessment provides actionable recommendations for improvement. Leveraging a structured and proven methodology, the assessment addresses the specific challenges that your program faces. One of our knowledgeable consultants meets with your leadership and staff to evaluate your nutrition services operations and applies their own experience within the context of your unique opportunities.
The five components of the assessment build upon one another, providing the clarity needed to move forward confidently:
High impact, minimal effort. The tasks prioritized in Do Now can often be completed by your team with limited support. Think of it as having all the tools in place with a hand in planning to focus on them. This stage is also often where we determine the pieces to be implemented in Do Soon.
High impact, medium effort. These action items build momentum, accelerating improvement and increasing efficiency. They're often project-based and may require an investment. Do Soon typically impacts the current or upcoming school year, but the timeline is ultimately up to your team.
High impact, high effort. We set you up for sustainable success in the long-term. These items are your ideal state, with Do Now and Do Soon helping lay its groundwork. Do Later can also include a results analysis, longer-term planning, and higher levels of organizational change that may require broader partnership across the district.
Through consulting and project management support, CESO is here for both the day-to-day and the big picture. Partner with us for any or all, and get completely customized nutrition services solutions aligned to meet your goals.
What could you do if you had more time? Leverage our team for program branding, nutrition operations assessments, catering program development, and more. We develop the plan while you give yourself more hours in the day.
We partner alongside our clients for projects like budgeting, replacement cycle management, and administrative review preparation to deliver results through prioritization, collaboration and accountability.
Our team brings their real-world experience to the table to best support your district's search for its next nutrition services leader. We then can provide ongoing coaching to help your new leader deliver impact as quickly as possible.
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