Did you know that you can monitor what food choices your child makes daily?  Through our online service provider, www.myschoolaccount.com, a parent/guardian has the ability to make money transfers from their checking/savings accounts to the child’s Food Service account, as well as get e-mail reminders about low account balances. If you need help controlling purchases...   Read More

Did you know that 93 percent of Americans eat pizza at least once a month? Or that, on average, everyone in the United States eats about 46 slices every year? The CCSU Food Service has recently introduced homemade pizza to our kids. That’s great news since, according to a recent Gallup Poll, children ages 3-11...   Read More

ADL introduced a new Fresh Vegetable Bar on March 14, 2012. The bar was designed to be the first introduction of Food Service’s new concept to the ADL students, with a much larger vegetable bar to be introduced in about six weeks. So far, most students are taking advantage of the additional offerings, with over...   Read More

Recently, there has been concern on national level about the safety of meat products available on the market. An additive called “pink slime,” or finely textured beef, has been found in about 70% of pre-packaged ground beef available in the supermarkets.    Read More

This picture taken on 3/7/2012 tells the story.   Read More

Beginning this school year (2011-2012), the CCSU Food Service switched from a 1% chocolate milk to a fat free chocolate milk. The change resulted in 11,000 fewer grams of fat being consumed by students a week!    Read More

New Nutrition Standards for School Breakfast and Lunch Programs Issued by USDA, Food and Nutrition Service.    Read More

The CCSU Food Service is proud to announce that it received a generous donation from the New England Dairy and Food Council.    Read More

The Food Service Directors Association (co-chaired by Doug Davis, Burlington Food Service Director and Robert Clifford, CCSU Food Service Director) negotiated a contract, despite financial considerations, with Reinhart Foods of Colchester that made 8oz milk available in recyclable plastic containers and flavored milk free of high fructose corn syrup available to Vermont children for the first time.    Read More

On Monday, October 11, 2010, Summit Street School will kick off Child Nutrition Week with an event highlighting the nutritional benefits of the contract between the Vermont Food Service Directors Association and Garelick Farms.   Read More