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The Minnesota Department of Education offers videos and webinars to help answer your questions about running a successful food service program.

While Nancy closed Caravan Serai in 2001 to focus on her burgeoning school food catering company, the delicious influences of the Caravan are felt today in the flavorful meals of CKC Good Food.

While the School Breakfast Program is widely available, student participation lags significantly behind school lunch, making breakfast an untapped revenue source for school food service programs. Some districts report breakfast generating the highest profits for their programs. If your School Breakfast Program is serving less than 50% of your student population, you could be missing out on significant revenues.

Schools often use national commemorations for educational lessons. With CKC's special occasion meals, you can extend those lessons to your cafeteria!

MDE is accepting applications for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Grant, which funds purchases of new equipment to assist in serving healthier meals in schools.

Outdated school kitchens are quite common today. Aging buildings as well as new cooking processes necessitated by the changes in the federal nutritional guidelines for school nutrition programs have many food service professionals working in less than ideal conditions.

It might be the most wonderful time of the year in some respects. It's also the time of year when unpredictable weather throws off the daily routine.

Nutritional awareness of, and demand for, organic foods and foods free of dyes and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are driving changes in school meals.

Keeping scholars with food allergies safe is as much about offering an allergen-free menu as it is about food handling, cleaning and preparation processes.