It’s National School Lunch Week: Join the Circus!


Calling all cafeteria ring masters and circus stars! It’s time for National School Lunch Week. 

The School Nutrition Association’s NSLW theme this year is “Cafeteria Circus: Where Nutrition Takes Center Stage.”

The National School Lunch Program serves 30 million children every school day, proof of all of the child nutrition professionals like you that work hard to tame hunger across America.


Jugglers and tightrope walkers have got nothing on you! You perform daring feats of service every day, and we celebrate you.

 

What’s your signature cafeteria circus trick?


Juggling hot and cold foods?

Like magic, this Delfield Shelleysteel serving line features flexible solutions for serving and merchandising such as individually controlled hot/cold/freeze combination FlexiWells and hot/cold (frost) combination merchandising FlexiTops.

 



Keeping students flying through the line?

The Oasis Refrigerated Self-Service Dual Sided Case keeps the lines moving on both sides with an efficient way to serve milk and other cold grab’n go items like sandwiches, salads, smoothies, yogurt, and veggie cups.

 

Daring to prepare scratch menu items?

A grill, a griddle, and a kettle all-in-one, the Cleveland Power Pan Tilting Skillet will give you menu flexibility like no other single piece of equipment. 

 


Taming food quality with the right hot holding?

The FWE Universal Heated Holding Cabinet model UHS-12 is a fully insulated, stainless steel cabinet that uses a patented heat and humidity system to hold food at its ideal temperature and texture.

 


We’re here to help you direct your own greatest show on Earth!

We wish you a fun and successful National School Lunch Week under the big top! Whatever daring feats of service you need to accomplish, we have your back.

Contact us.

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