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Team Spotlight: Francis Yang
Francis Yang manages all aspects of the milk program for 20-25 client partners. While he serves some of our larger client sites, he also delivers to smaller sites that would have limited options for milk if CKC Good Food did not have its own milk delivery truck.
Team Spotlight: CAPRW
At the Ruth O. Benner Community Center in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, CKC Good Food operates a commissary that preps and serves meals at 10 Head Start locations and one childcare center scattered around Saint Paul. The program, operated by the Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties, serves infants, toddlers and children under age 5 from low-income families. All told, CKC Good Food's Head Start team of 11 provides 730 hot lunches and 638 breakfast and snacks daily, Monday through Friday! Let's meet the team!
Tailoring Menus to Specific Eaters
One of the many benefits of having CKC Good Food manage the daily food service operations for the kitchen at your site is having a menu tailor-made for those you serve. It's one of the many ways we ensure maximum participation in your food service program.
Team Spotlight: Hope Community Academy
In this edition of our Team Spotlight, we highlight our team at our charter school partner Hope Community Academy. This team is one of several we have operating kitchens at client partners' kitchens across the Twin Cities.
Pizza Program Popular with Schools and Students
Friday mornings are calmer than most days at CKC Good Food’s central commissary. Our ovens and drivers are less busy because much of our daily lunch responsibilities shift to a network of pizza places around town. The majority of our client partners who choose to offer pizza on their menus serve it on Fridays, with a few offering it on Wednesdays or Thursdays, either weekly or bi-weekly. Our 7-day-a-week sites may offer it on Sundays. Whenever it's served, pizza is a popular option -- 66% of our client sites serve pizza.