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June 2018
School Foodservice Operator of the Month: Caron Rowe
Title: Food Service Specialist
District: Alachua County School Board, FL
Number of Students Served: 16,264 students per day
Favorite Potato Recipe: “Our team created and implemented a Pop Up Salad Bar Promotion at Buchholz High School. The focus was a joint promotion to feature Farm to School Program and My Fresh from Florida Plate Day! As for the bar itself, it had several bases, one of which being a baked potato. It originally was only the potato and a salad but the potato sold out the first day after the first hour so they had to introduce other bases to keep up with demand.”
Caron says that presentation is key to getting students to try the bar. Students like to see items being constantly replenished because it shows freshness and popularity. An increase of participation was seen each day during lunch service. We also noted an increase with paid students & faculty over the three-day period. Word of mouth helped to bring new customers each day!
“We had a parent call afterward astounded they were able to get their child to each not only a baked potato but salad for the first time. These items have never been offered at the home and the parent was so grateful.”
Alachua County School Board had great success with a build your own bar, and you can too! To try out this salad bar schematic for yourself: Salad Bar Schematics
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