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They’re not just serving meals — they’re serving joy, connection, and care daily. ✨
This School Lunch Hero Day, we’re shining a spotlight on the real MVPs of the cafeteria. Join us in celebrating our 18,000 School Lunch Heroes who go above and beyond to make school a place where every student feels welcome, nourished, and seen! https://loom.ly/hiMxv3Y #ServingUpHappyandHealthy #SLHD25 #SLHD
Success begins in the cafeteria! 🥗🍎 That's why we're launching Power Up, a new nutrition education program that helps students fuel their bodies and boost performance. 💪✨ Featuring engaging workshops and delicious, performance-friendly meals like Breakfast Vegetable Quesadillas and Sriracha Turkey Burgers, Power Up is the perfect way to empower students to make healthy choices. Read more here: https://loom.ly/SGTNe88
#ServingUpHappyandHealthy #PowerUp
Our cafeterias are leveling up in 2025 with exciting food trends that prioritize nutrition, sustainability, and foods that kids love to eat. From globally-inspired flavors to protein-packed power bowls, these trends will make mealtime a highlight of the day! 🌟 Read the full story from FoodService Director magazine to learn more: https://bit.ly/3ZAlTK6 #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Move over chicken nuggets and plain pasta—today’s kids are redefining what it means to eat well! With bold flavors, global cuisines, and creative presentations, our cafeterias are serving up meals that kids love to eat.
From build-your-own bowls and healthy treats to dishes inspired by cultures around the world, kids are embracing food that’s not just fun but functional and nutritious. We're unveiling the Top 10 Food Trends for Kids in 2025, proving young diners are ready to think outside the lunchbox! 🥪🍱
Read the full list here: https://bit.ly/3ZQBfvm
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With the demand for fresh, local produce on the rise, we're taking farm-to-table to a new level for students! Our Farm to School initiative brings the authentic farmers market experience directly to schools across the nation. 🥕🌽 From exploring fresh fruits and veggies to "shopping" with play money, our farmers market events give students a hands-on way to learn about healthy eating, budgeting, and even math.
We’re thrilled to partner with local farms to create this immersive learning experience, connecting students to the community, building lifelong healthy habits, and making nutrition education fun and practical. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/40GS64w #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
The election may be over, but with our #StudentChoice program, tweens and teens don't have to wait to make their votes count! 🗳️✅ Read more about this student-favorite program that gives kids the power of choice by letting them decide what’s on the cafeteria menu: https://bit.ly/4eSHL9T 🥗🍲#ServingUpHappyandHealthy
This winter students can wrap their hands around a cup of comfort with Chartwells K12’s new Hot Chocolate Milk concept! The concept launched in over 55 pilot schools this month in partnership with National Dairy Council, offering students a delicious and nutritious way to warm up. https://bit.ly/49d6nae #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
After successfully taking students on culinary adventures to China, India, Italy, and Mexico with our Global Eats program, we're excited to announce the addition of two new stops! We've partnered with celebrity chefs Tavel Bristol-Joseph and Angel Barreto to curate authentic cuisines from Korea and the Caribbean. We can't wait for students to continue the journey! ✈️ https://loom.ly/zitN8sY #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Meet Amy Skarbek, one of our #SchoolLunchHeroes at Abington School District in Pennsylvania. For two months, she’s ensured no student starts their day hungry, greeting nearly 60 students daily in the auditorium lobby with free breakfast and a smile!
Her efforts to make breakfast more accessible have been a game-changer, and exciting news is on the way: a new kiosk will soon serve hot breakfast options for students on the go! https://bit.ly/4akcFGM #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Chartwells K12 chefs Keri Pinard and Melissa Carlson were among 24 remarkable female chefs from across Compass Group USA who participated in the Women in Culinary Showcase. Participants flexed their creative culinary skills and heard from industry leaders, including our very own CEO Amy Shaffer! Watch the full recap here: https://bit.ly/4b8wLD3 #ServingUpHappyandHealthy #InspireInclusion #WomensHistoryMonth #EduDEI
Compass Group USA is honored to be named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2025 by Newsweek! Our five-star rating reflects our commitment to belonging and inclusion, career development, and leadership opportunities that support and empower our people across our organization.
Thank you to our trailblazing associates for driving innovation and excellence across our company and for making this recognition possible — we couldn’t do it without you! Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/NewsweekRecognition2025
#NewsweekGreatestWorkplaces #CompassGroup #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Compass Group has been named to Fortune's 2025 World's Most Admired Companies list, earning the top spot in their category!
Congratulations to my Compass Group colleagues across the globe, whose passion and dedication made this recognition possible. From all of us at Chartwells K12, we are proud to celebrate this moment with you! #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
We're proud to be part of Compass Group and are thrilled to share that the company has been named to TIME's World Best Companies of 2024 list, earning the 31st spot on the list of 1,000 companies! Read more: https://ow.ly/NMhV50TvfAb
#WorldsBestCompanies #CompassGroup #CompassGroupUSA #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
As the first high school in Rhode Island to implement the Get Food Smart program, our team at Chariho Regional School District is dedicated to a greener future! The program aims to take the food waste and divert it from its typical destination — a landfill — and instead make it available for use as compost to regenerate soil. With the help of student interns, Chariho has reduced their lunch period waste from eight bags to just one!
As a result, our team received the Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Award from Rhode Island Farm and Sea to School Network! Read more here: https://loom.ly/KLEDrU0 #FoodWasteWarrior #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Students at Spartanburg School District 7 in South Carolina enjoyed the flavors of China prepared by the one and only Chef Jet Tila! While demoing recipes from the China stop of our Global Eats program, Chef Jet chatted with students about his Asian heritage and how it inspires his dishes. Read more here: https://loom.ly/zN92pWc Greenville Journal #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
With our #GlobalEats program, kids get to experience authentic cultural flavors from the comfort of the cafeteria, and sometimes with the help with a celebrity chef! ✈️ 🗺️ Chef Angel Barreto stopped by Menasha Joint School District with a sampling of dishes from the Korea stop. Watch more here: https://loom.ly/YXCxg3w #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
What can kids expect to eat in their school cafeterias this year? Exciting, authentic flavors thanks to our #GlobalEats program! Midwest Area Director Will King and his son, Riley, our favorite chef-in-training, stopped by Good Day Columbus to demo the exciting recipes kids will see on their menu! Watch the full segment here: https://bit.ly/42gESw4 #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Elementary students at Bedford Public Schools in Michigan are exploring new foods and feelings with the #MoodBoost program! Creative dishes like black bean salsa, spinach strawberry salad, and pineapple-mango water are teaching kids how healthy eating supports their moods—like being Calm, Confident, and Strong. Read the full story from The Blade: https://bit.ly/4h3AHbj #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
A high school cafeteria renovation is just the beginning! Students are loving the vibrant new dining space and upgraded menu options thanks to a partnership between Aiken County Public School District and Chartwells K12. Celebrating the grand opening with a smoothie station featuring mango lassi and strawberry blends, students were able to check out the dining space upgrades like murals, art panels, and colorful serving lines! Read the full story at The Post and Courier: https://bit.ly/3DUiIWk #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Our team at Union City Schools is transforming school meals into cultural celebrations! With an 81% Hispanic, globally diverse community, their innovative menus earned two major awards this fall for showcasing student heritage:
🍽️ Cuban roast pork, Mexican barbacoa, Puerto Rican sancocho & more
🌍 Global Eats program introducing dishes like Vietnamese banh mi
🌱 Hydroponic gardens & classroom tie-ins connecting food to learning
Learn more from FoodService Director magazine here: https://bit.ly/3ZPmNUn #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Our team at Bourne Public Schools in Massachusetts is tackling food insecurity one backpack at a time. 🎒🍎 Every Friday and before holidays, the team fills backpacks with food to send home with students in need thanks to a collaboration between Bourne Public Schools and the Bourne Food Pantry.
This vital program ensures students have meals even when school is out, making a difference in the community. 💛 Read more from The Bourne Enterprise: https://bit.ly/4faAQrV
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Congratulations to our teams throughout Michigan that have been awarded 10 Cents a Meal funding for 2024-2025!
🍎 Benzie County Central Schools
🍎 Cheboygan Area Schools
🍎 Houghton Lake Community Schools
🍎 Inland Lakes Schools
🍎 Mancelona Schools
🍎 Public Schools of Petoskey
This state-funded program supports schools in serving fresh, Michigan-grown fruits, veggies, and dry beans in USDA meal programs while also covering transportation and labor costs for local food sourcing. 💪✨ Schools can use up to 25% of the grant for food transport and prep, making it easier to bring fresh, local produce to kids' plates! 🚌🍽️
Learn more here from 9&10 News: https://bit.ly/41txugO
#FarmToSchool #10CentsAMeal #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Our teams are transforming Rhode Island school lunches with healthy, locally sourced foods! Students can enjoy scratch-made meals like butternut squash pizza, fresh pasta with local veggies, and rotisserie-cooked dishes. With new equipment and creative recipes, we're supporting small farms and inspiring a love for fresh, local produce. 🍎🥕 Watch the story from NBC 10 WJAR for more! https://bit.ly/49uNeSs #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
Some parents are skeptical about school meals. Are they really healthy? And if they're healthy, will kids really want to eat them? 🤔 Our team at Page Unified School District in Arizona held a special tasting event during parent-teacher conferences to give parents a taste of what kids experience in the cafeteria. The verdict: we serve healthy, delicious food that kids (and parents!) love to eat! 🥪🌮🥗🥤 #ServingUpHappyandHealthy
When kids learn where their food comes from, they're more willing to try new things! 🌽🚜From a special farmers market to a #DiscoveryKitchen pumpkin-themed tasting event, our team at Tahlequah Public Schools in Oklahoma is dedicated to helping kids experience fruits and veggies they haven't tried before 🥕🥗 https://bit.ly/3YjsB6z hashtag#FarmtoSchool hashtag#FarmtoSchoolMonth hashtag#ServingUpHappyandHealthy
For our team at Huntington Beach Union High School District in California, inclusivity is a celebration of culture, traditions, and food! 🥑 🌶️ 🌮 🌯 The team kicked off #HispanicHeritageMonth with an event featuring celebrity Chef Jonathan Zaragoza and delicious recipes from the Mexico stop of our Global Eats program, including mango chili smoothies, birria, and chilaquiles. https://bit.ly/4ezuTFm hashtag#ServingUpHappyandHealthy
