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Aramark reports menu changes, fruit uptake and improved staffing; West side fully staffed, East side has three vacancies
Summary
Aramark presented a food service update showing increased fresh fruit and vegetable offerings, menu tweaks, promotions for March and improved staffing on the west side with three vacancies remaining on the east side of the county.
Aramark and district food service staff told the Pender County Board of Education that menu changes and promotional efforts have increased student participation in school meals and that staffing has improved districtwide, though gaps remain on the east side of the county.
The update described menu changes such as display plates at service lines to show meal options, returning popular items (for example, beef and chicken tacos and mozzarella stuffed cheese sticks) and adding fresh fruit like red seedless grapes, diced cantaloupe and pineapple chunks. Amanda Burnett of Aramark said the district completed the first five‑week cycle of a revamped…
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