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David Palmer
Director of Food Services
1425 East Warren Avenue, Door E
Detroit, MI 48207
Phone: (313) 578-7220
Fax: (313) 578-7493
Welcome to the Office of Food Services web-site where “Children are ready to learn when Nutrition is the Mission!” We have totally redesigned our site to highlight some of the accomplishments we made within the District and to offer some insight into some of the new menu items we will be offering during this school year.
Below are a few of the accomplishments we made last year. We cannot wait to share with you the many exciting plans scheduled for this year.
- Increased the amount of reduced-fat and low-fat items on the menu
- Incorporated vegetarian options on the menu
- Incorporated an initiative to include Halal and other alternatives to better serve the District’s diverse ethnic student population
- Integrated Nutri-Kids software to calculate and make available the nutritional content of meals
- Piloted new technology that scans Free & Reduced Meal Applications in the system and decreases processing time
- Implemented Point of Sale (POS) technology in schools to decrease the amount of time students spend in the lunch line
- Supervised the completion of 90 kitchen renovations which allow us to prepare the food directly on-site instead of shipping food to each school
- Received an "A" grade from Physicians for Responsible Medicine for providing nutritious meals to students
We have been very busy not only upgrading the quality of the food we provide, but we also improved how we prepare it, where we prepare it
and what we offer. We purchase premium foods that include national name
brands such as Tyson, Tony’s Pizza, Dannon, Kellogg’s, Chef Boyardee,
Frito Lay and Little Debbie just to name a few. We also developed parent
and student advisory councils to participate in taste tests for foods
for possible consideration on menus. We listened to your concerns and
took action.
We are excited about new changes and new menu offerings such as:
- Breakfast for all students (FREE OF CHARGE)
- Flaming Meals program (outdoor grill hamburger/hot dog cookouts)
- Newly renovated kitchens
- 100% real fruit juice Cool Tropics Slushie machines
- Electronic Point of Sales (POS) system
- Halal certified foods being served in select schools
• Note on Sugar and HyperActivity
Programs and Highlights
As you can see we have a lot going on. Please visit our web site often to keep abreast of new and exciting promotions. Below are links with details about the above mentioned programs as well as highlights of other items of interest at the Office of Food Services.
 What’s
Going on? (Events and Giveaways)
 Spike Shows
What’s Cooking
Today? (Menus)
Meal Pricing
How to obtain Free and Reduced Priced Meals
Meal Programs
Flaming
Meals (Cookouts)
Fruit Slushie’s
Nutrition Education
Catering
How DPS Measures
up (Nutritional Analysis)
We are changing
(Our Team)
Point of Sale Implementation
(POS)
Kitchen Renovations
Community Outreach
Office of Food
Services Team (Who to contact)
Advisory Councils/Taste
Testing Teams
Become part of the
team
Give us your Feedback
(Contact us)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
LastUpdate:
19-Mar-2007 16:00
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