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Brentwood Food Service Reports New Menu Items and Growing Participation; Hot-breakfast Rollout Cited as Logistical Challenge
Summary
School food service manager Beth Sather reported menu additions (empanadas, pupusas, teriyaki bowls, halal options), operational changes (online ordering, monthly menus, snack lines) and rising participation — roughly 23,000 meals districtwide per day — while noting equipment and freezer constraints for hot breakfast expansion.
Beth Sather, the district's school food service manager, told the Board of Education on Nov. 6 that the district has added multiple new menu items, improved operations and is serving significantly more meals than in prior years.
Sather listed new offerings added this year, including chicken-and-cheese empanadas, bean-and-cheese pupusas with plantains, a burrito bar and walking-taco options, chicken teriyaki bowls, new halal items and vegetarian…
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