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Delight Students with Healthy Comfort Foods at School

School Nutrition Association Annual National Conference Salt Lake City, Utah July 2015

Today’s Roundtable Leaders Janice King, MS, RDN, SNS, CDE Jody Houston, MBA, SNS Robert Lewis, PhD, SNS

Tami Cline, PhD, RDN, SNS (moderator)

Session Objectives Discuss timely topics to investigate: ◦ Food Trends and Marketing Practices ◦ Comfort/Homestyle Food Offerings ◦ Merchandising Condiments, Soups and Salad

Dressings Examine trends in kids’ food preferences and

favorite eating venues Share success stories

Feeling Sad or Stressed?

What is a Comfort Food?

Provides distinctive pleasure Makes one feel better Steeped in ritual, memory and taste Highly personal

“The nostalgic element most comfort food has may be specific to either the individual or a specific culture.” Warsink, et.al.

American Comfort Foods

Baked Beans Dinner Rolls Green Bean

Casserole Apple and Pecan Pies Peanut Butter Clam Chowder Cornbread Mashed Potatoes Potato Chips

Chicken Noodle Soup

Casseroles Meatloaf Macaroni and Cheese Fried Chicken Biscuits and Gravy Grilled Cheese

Sandwiches Chili

Gender Differences:

Females prefer sweets Males prefer heartier, savory foods

Versus

Using the handout at your table, take about 5 minutes

to discuss each question.

Select a volunteer to take notes

Janice, Robert and Jody will report at the end of the roundtable discussion.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

A peek at what kids are saying today

How do you feel about eating at each of the following locations?

Where is the opportunity for schools?

Source: Y-Pulse (ypulse.org)

Eating at Home

Source: Y-Pulse (ypulse.org)

Favorite Venues By Age

How do you feel about eating at each of the following locations?

Source: Y-Pulse (ypulse.org)

Age:

Favorite Foods, Drinks, Snacks

Eating Away From Home- Burgers, steak, sandwiches, pizza Soups Salad bar Flavored milk, juice, iced tea Fruit flavored smoothies Cereal/pretzel snack mixes

Source: Y-Pulse (ypulse.org)

A Few Favorite at Home Meals

• Chicken/chicken noodle soup • Meatball soup • Toasted cheese sandwich and tomato soup

Home-style/comfort food is a favorite of kids

when eating at home!

Source: Y-Pulse (ypulse.org)

Why Kids Like to Eat At Home

Good food ◦ “Mom is a great cook” ◦ “I know what’s in the food” ◦ “Tastes homemade”

Family gathering ◦ “I like sitting down with my family”

Healthy choices ◦ “It is always fresh”

Source: Y-Pulse (ypulse.org)

Promotions and Merchandising

Source: Y-Pulse (ypulse.org)

Now let’s check out great ideas we heard at our roundtables…

Over the past 2-3 years, what changes have you seen in student trends in

selecting foods and beverages?

What has been successful in promoting school meals and driving participation?

How do you gather student opinions?

Jody Houston

What comfort/homestyle foods are you offering?

Are you adding any new menu items?

What are the challenges in offering more

comfort/homestyle foods and how can manufacturers assist?

Robert Lewis

How do condiments, soups, salad dressings and other popular

products enhance your school menus?

Tell us about your successes merchandising condiments, salad dressing and soups.

Janice King

Audience Discussion:

Please share your success stories!

Thank you!