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Make Your Kitchens A

“Field Trip” Destination

Benefit From Your Homefield Advantage

By Sally Spero, SNS,®

School Foodservice Consultant

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Acknowledge Parental Complaints

Ways to Serve this Important

Customer Group

By Barbara Bumgardner, BSBM, SNS, Food® Service Director, Middleton School District, ID

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Quantify Your Performance

With KPIs

The Role Key Performance

Indicators Can Play

By Sally Spero, SNS,®

School Foodservice Consultant

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The Pillars Of Good Work Relationships

Building Bonds In and Out of the Kitchen

By Crystal Jo Bruns, Kitchen Manager, Caliche® Schools, Re-1 Valley SD, Logan County, CO

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Patience and Grace:

The Core Of Good Leadership

These Empathetic Qualities Are Key

By Beverly Girard, PhD, MBA, PD, SNS,®

Owner, Leading Edge Training/Consulting

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School Nutrition In The Rural Context

The Rewards and Challenges of Managing Smaller Programs

By Crystal Jo Bruns, Kitchen Manager, Caliche Schools,®

Re-1 Valley SD, Logan County, CO

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Look Inside To Recruit The Talent You Need

How to Prepare Someone to

Become a New Director

Sally Spero, SNS,®

School Foodservice Consultant

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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Everyone

America’s Favorite Image of Fall

By Dee Carroll, Carroll Services Inc.®

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Pathfinders Leave Their Mark On School Nutrition

Woman Pioneers Moving Foodservice Forward

By Beverly Girard, PhD, MBA, PD, SNS, Owner,®

Leading Edge Training/Consulting

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Elevate Your

Department’s Image

Four Steps to Making a Better Impression

By Jon Myers, Ed.D., Assistant ®

Superintendent, Noble Public Schools, OK

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States Take The Lead On Universal Free Meals

Official Efforts to Legislate Food Assistance

By Sally Spero, SNS,®

School Foodservice Consultant

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Create Your Own Landfill

Reduction Program

Small Adjustments Will Make

a Big Difference

By Gail Goushá, Former Director,®

Nutrition Services, Escondido Union

SD, Escondido, CA

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Autumn – It’s A Fruitful

Time Of Transition

When the World is Awash with Color

By Dee Carroll, Carroll Services Inc.®

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