Should your district outsource food & facilities services? Learn more about the benefits of outsourcing in this guide.

1. HOW OUTSOURCED PARTNERSHIPS IN FOOD & FACILITIES
STRENGTHEN THE K-12
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

2. Whether your school district
is leading in test scores
and financial returns, facing
challenges with student
performance and budget
management, or wavering
somewhere in between,
every K-12 leader has one
shared objective:
Ensure a healthy, safe and engaging
learning environment where students
receive a first-rate education that
prepares them for future success.

3. You’re committed to fulfilling this
responsibility, and work hard to ensure
your faculty and community are focused
on this mission, too.
But there’s one more thing you can do
to exceed your goals, maximize taxpayer
dollars and — most importantly — provide
the dynamic learning environment your
students deserve:
PARTNER WITH A TRUSTED
FOOD AND FACILITIES SERVICE
MANAGEMENT PROVIDER.

4. SURPRISED?
The benefits of working with a trusted partner aren’t
always readily apparent — especially to those who
have worked with an ill-matched outsourcing provider
in the past, or have been reluctant to even consider
this option.
But, as many K-12 leaders like you have discovered,
working with a reliable outsourced services partner
can elevate your learning environment, remove
roadblocks to student and faculty success and
drive greater positive outcomes for your district
community.

5. TODAY WE’RE GOING
TO SHARE HOW.

6. ENCOURAGING KIDS
TO EAT NUTRITIOUS,
TASTY MEALS
Your in-house dining services team has a lot on their
shoulders. Not only do they need to ensure menus
are compliant with complex USDA regulations,
but they’re also challenged to keep up with your
students’ ever-changing tastes. Failing to meet
student dining expectations often means declining
participation in the school meal program and loss of
critical federal reimbursements.

7. When students are skipping lunch or tossing half the
contents of their tray into the trash, your program
is losing funding and your students’ potential for
learning is compromised.
From grumbling stomachs to waning energy levels,
students’ failure to enjoy well-balanced meals
directly impacts their ability to focus in class, retain
information and perform well on tests.

8. A trusted outsourcing partner has the experience
to deliver innovative, nutritious menus that meet
all USDA regulations and appeal to your students’
tastes. Top food service providers are well-versed in
popular food trends, creative recipe development
and customer service delivery.
Not only can they work to leverage the success
they’ve experienced in other districts, a partner will
use feedback from your students to create a dining
environment that quickly increases school nutrition
program engagement and delivers the brain food
students need to do their best.

9. ELIMINATING
DISTRACTIONS FOR
STUDENTS AND FACULTY
When your in-house facilities team is bogged down
with large projects and a lengthy list of work orders,
lower-priority items can fall by the wayside — and
become a significant distraction to students and
faculty.

10. Whether it’s an unreliable air
conditioning unit on a hot
afternoon, or a noisy pipe
that disrupts a challenging
exam, even seemingly
minor facility issues can
mar a student’s capability
to perform, and frustrate
educators and other staff.

11. Outsourcing facilities services
to a trusted partner shifts
maintenance practices from
reactive to proactive. Using the
latest innovations and proven
best practices, your facilities
services provider can create a
customized, fiscally responsible
plan to solve top-priority issues,
while also eliminating lower-
priority distractions.

12. Instead of struggling to keep
up with the countless work
orders from exasperated faculty
members, facilities teams can
invest their time in preventive
maintenance and upgrades that
support a productive learning
environment — from building
interiors to exterior spaces.

13. CREATING STREAMLINED
AND SUSTAINABLE
PROCESSES
As a K-12 leader, you know the key to better
outcomes within your district is process
improvement. But it’s not enough to outline changes
and provide training documents. For real, lasting
change to occur, the value of these new methods
must be demonstrated so that each employee
supports and sees their individual roles in future
success.

14. A nutrition and facilities services
partner will come prepared
with proven processes and
the experience to implement
them with a collaborative, team
approach to yield maximized
results. A great outsourced
services provider empowers
current employees and delivers
overall district community
satisfaction.

15. Partnering with food and
facilities experts means that
students will be well-fed and
facilities will be well-operated,
which better enables you and
your district faculty to focus
on doing what you do best:
offering a superior education
that fuels student growth
and success.

16. CONTACT US!
INTERESTED IN DISCOVERING HOW YOU CAN
ENHANCE YOUR DISTRICT’S SUCCESS
BY OUTSOURCING NUTRITION AND
FACILITIES SERVICES?