by Laura Thompson | Aug 22, 2018
As directors, you not only have to plan menus and supervise, you have to implement and maintain food safety. Food safety is highly monitored by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and an important part of your administrative review. On top of that,...
by Laura Thompson | Jul 24, 2018
When Health-e Pro’s Health-e Giving philanthropic initiative launched earlier this year, The Leader in Me was one of the charities selected to devote a portion of our money and time. The Leader in Me is an organization that inspired us. The organization works with...
by Laura Thompson | Jun 5, 2018
In today’s blog post, we talk school nutrition software with Kristen Lindorf, MS, RDN, who has spent her career as a consulting dietitian. Kristen has worked with everyone from state agencies to healthcare providers to hospitals to medical centers, and now works more...
by Laura Thompson | Jun 1, 2018
We sat down with Founder and President of Health-e Pro, Meg Chesley, to discuss some of her time as a Food Service Director. What helps create an environment where kids want to eat their school lunch? How does the design of the school lunchroom impact the...
by Laura Thompson | May 24, 2018
We sat down with Founder and President of Health-e Pro, Meg Chesley, to discuss some of her time as a Food Service Director. What helps create an environment where kids wants to eat their school lunch? Our conversation covered the four elements she found are essential...
by Laura Thompson | May 3, 2018
We sat down with Founder and President of Health-e Pro, Meg Chesley, to discuss some of her time as a Food Service Director. Our conversation covered scratch cooking and quick-scratch cooking and ways districts could incorporate each for their program. If you’re...
by Laura Thompson | Apr 12, 2018
One of videos we’re asked to watch when we start at Health-e Pro is Simon Sinek’s “Start With Why.” Getting to the why is vitally important: why do we do what we do as a company? How does that set us apart? Once you identify the why, the how, what, and when, naturally...
by Laura Thompson | Apr 9, 2018
USDA approved menu planning software has become a hot topic among Food Service Directors. New standards and targets are implemented while some are relaxed or temporarily waived. It can be difficult to keep them all straight and maintain consistent compliance in...
by Laura Thompson | Apr 2, 2018
How are you celebrating Earth Day in your school? Or in your school cafeteria? In your district’s Nutrition Department? In preparing for Earth Day, we found a couple fascinating statistics related to paper: The U.S. paper disposal rate has not gone down appreciably...
by Laura Thompson | Mar 9, 2018
Nadine currently works with 1FS Schools, providing in-depth product information and bid collaboration software to school co-ops, districts and directors across the country. She is also a consultant for companies that want to succeed in the K-12 segment along with...
