Tips for Putting the FAST in School Breakfast

Next week is National School Breakfast Week! In honor of this year’s theme “Dig into School Breakfast,” we’re going to dig into proven ways to help you prep, serve, and merchandise school breakfast even more efficiently. 

In other words, put the FAST into your breakfast program!

Whether you serve breakfast in the cafeteria or classroom, offer grab ‘n go options from the cafeteria, right off the bus, from kiosks, or in hallways or corridors, the right equipment choices can help you speed the lines to get your students fueled up and ready to learn.

Quick Cooking and Retherm

Equipment that can be used for multiple purposes or in different locations saves both money and time.

From grilling sandwiches and braising meat to steaming vegetables and rice to simmering soups and sauces, you can cook almost any menu item in the Cleveland Tilt Skillet. Cleveland's exclusive high efficiency heating system ensures fast, even heat distribution. 

"Splash-proof" solid state temperature controls allow for worry-free cleaning and precise temperature for even and consistent cooking. 

All skillets are made of durable stainless steel with structurally reinforced bottoms and coved corners for a smooth, flat cooking surface that’s easy to clean. Each skillet has either hand tilt, hand crank-tilt or power-tilt features.

Retherm Ovens by FWE provide fast, high volume heating of pre-cooked foods without overcooking or dehydration—perfect for ensuring optimal food quality when quickly reheating packaged breakfast items. These versatile retherm ovens cook and hold food whenever or wherever it’s needed. 

The “RH-B Series” is designed specifically to accommodate baskets. The Retherm heat system heats evenly and automatically switches from Retherm mode to a lower holding temperature.

Speedy Serving

Wherever you serve, proper serving temperatures and easy product access are two essentials for a safe and successful breakfast program. 

 

Delfield's Air Curtain Milk Cooler provides flexible capacity, consistent temperature, energy efficiency, and an industry leading warranty. 

Air curtain design maintains a temperature of 36°F–40°F while milk remains easily accessible to students for quick service. 

The most energy efficient design on the market, this cooler is offered in 8, 12, and 16 Crate Capacities.

The Ultimate Sheet Pan Rack by Cambro provides efficient, flexible, and economical transport of individually packaged breakfasts and much more. 

With a capacity of up to 100 meals per rack, the full-size Ultimate Sheet Pan Rack makes it possible to serve multiple classrooms with a single rack and one employee. 

Cambro offers an insulated cover so this versatile rack can also safely transport hot or cold foods during transport. 

The Cambro Hot/Cold Pro Cart Ultra has separate insulated compartments that make it easy to safely hold hot menu items in the top and cold in the bottom. 

Hot breakfast sandwiches or burritos can be held safely in the top compartment, while cold items such as milk, yogurt, juice, and fruit can be safely held cold in the lower compartment, making the Pro Cart ideal for breakfast in the classroom. 

Its large capacity allows one person to serve more students.

Holding milk, juice, smoothies, and other cold items in their own carriers or carts keeps them safely cold and appetizing. The Cam GoBox Milk Crate Box was created specifically for serving ice cold milk in a 13" X 13"  milk crate filled with 50 half pint milk cartons. 

GoBoxes are made of expanded polypropylene (EPP), a lightweight, yet rugged material that provides reliable insulation for holding hot or cold foods 4+ hours.

The Cam GoBox Beverage Holder is a molded insert that holds varying sized cups with lids in place and upright to prevent spills. 

Ideal for increasing revenue with smoothies, coffee drinks, and breakfast parfaits, the GoBox with Beverage Holder’s insulated material keeps beverages at the proper temperature.

Merchandising That Moves

Portable, non-electric merchandisers make the most of space and available staff to serve a large number of students in a short period of time, especially when used for second chance breakfast. Shelf-stable items can be loaded the prior day to shorten set-up time in the morning.

The Mobile Flex Station by Cambro is a flexible platform for staging, transporting, and serving grab ‘n go items such as yogurt, muffins, milk, cereal, and fruit. 

With the Flex Station, a single person can transport a sizeable quantity of prepackaged breakfast items from kitchen to students for a convenient grab’n go breakfast anywhere on campus. 

These versatile and economical units can be set up with four or five tiers of shelf plates and/or divider bars to safely suspend boxes or pans of food. 

Cambro offers five different prepackaged configurations to maximize capacity and suit the application.

With appealing color and design options, the Cambro CVC75 Vending Cart  is an attractive and efficient way to decentralize breakfast serving for speed and student convenience. Clear barrier safety features on the front and sides, well covers, compartment shelves, and end tables give this cart great flexibility, security, and safety for a la carte meals, snacks, and beverages. 

Perfect for grab ‘n go breakfast items such as breakfast burritos and sandwiches, a large, insulated serving well fits 5 full-sized, 6" deep hotel pans of hot or cold foods. Recessed under counter areas hold plenty of back stock for quick replenishment.

The CamKiosk scales up breakfast service with larger serving capacity and insulated cabinets to store hot or cold items at safe temperatures for hours. 

Smooth plastic walls are built tough and wipe down easily for thorough sanitation. An eye-catching removable canopy option adds pizzazz and protection from the elements when used outside.

The Versa Food Bar by Cambro provides yet another flexible merchandising solution for anything from prepackaged breakfast items to sandwiches, single-serve beverages, baked potato toppings, or set up as a salad bar at lunch time.

This portable and non-electric system keeps food cold for hours without ice. It’s easy to keep clean, and provides years of reliable service.

We hope you and your students enjoy National School Breakfast Week. Need help or ideas for breakfast, lunch, or other programs? We’re here for you all year!

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