At first guess, I’m sure you thought, “McDonalds, of course!”, but in reality, the largest restaurant chain in South Carolina is not a fast food restaurant at all!
Here’s a hint: Parents will be happy to learn that there are 18 full time staff members organized in quality education teams to address strategic plan components for school food service in South Carolina.
In addition, the staff provides regulatory oversight to the United States Department of Agriculture Child Nutrition Programs and the disbursement of Federal funds to the School Food Authorities (SFA).
if you haven’t figured it out yet, the largest restaurant chain in South Carolina is actually the The Office of School Food Services and Nutrition for the S.C. Dept. of Education.
The Office of School Food Services and Nutrition administers the National School Lunch, Afterschool Snack and School Breakfast Programs, the Food Distribution Program, and the Nutrition Education and Training Program in South Carolina public schools, residential child care institutions, and private and parochial schools.
- * conducting on-site compliance monitoring,
- * administering the Food Distribution Program,
- * coordinating and providing training, nutrition projects and grants,
- * providing special marketing projects and procurement assistance to promote more nutritious eating habits, and
- * the reimbursement of federal program funds to participating school food authorities (SFA) for meals served in schools,
The mission of the Office of School Food Services and Nutrition is to guarantee high quality food and nutrition programs in every South Carolina school district through educational support, resources, and advocacy. Child nutrition programs in South Carolina support the health and education of students.
Two important objectives:
- that all students will eat quality school meals daily, and
- that all students will receive nutrition education that will teach them to make healthy choices for a lifetime.
What’s needed to achieve this?
- nutrition education,
- training of food service employees,
- marketing of programs to all customers, and
- advocacy and support for school meals.
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2 responses to 'The largest restaurant chain in South Carolina'
Not an analogy to be proud of. At many chain restaurants, the food is mediocre at best. Each time I have eaten with my child in their school cafeteria, I have noticed the use of low-quality ingredients (refined flours, fatty ground meat, out-of-season vegetables slathered in processed cheese sauce). The cafeteria experience does not need to be equal to a five-star restaurant, but surely we can do better than that for our kids.
Speaking of heavy on the chesese, there’s some right there in that video for smothering some Mexican food. Surely not good for the cholesterol police!