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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!