Ratifies up to $55,250 for Eat Better by Design to improve student meal accommodations

The district is approving, after the fact, a one-year agreement with Eat Better by Design to review how Nutrition Services handles special dietary needs and to build strategies, staff training and systems for ingredient, allergen and cross-contact safety as scratch cooking grows.

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Vendor / partner: Eat Better by Design, LLC · Sacramento, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Food, transportation & operations
Term: Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026
This vote: $55,250
Funding: 5310 - Child Nutrition School Program
Resource / site: 5310-991
Vendor no.: 009554
Presented by: Chief Systems and Services Officer
File: 25-1902 · agenda L.-11
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Aug 27, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and Eat Better by Design, LLC, Sacramento, CA, for the latter to evaluate existing meal accommodation protocols and identify opportunities for improvement; develop centralized and site-based strategies to support dietary needs; create staff training resources and coach the District dietitian in implementation; evaluate procurement, recipe, and labeling systems; identify strategies for ensuring accurate ingredient, nutrition, and allergen information as scratch cooking increases; develop inventory monitoring protocols and cross-contact prevention systems; develop an overarching framework for nutrition and meal accommodations; and provide program language for communications, signage, and training resources, via the Nutrition Services Department, for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $55,250.00.

History

Aug 27, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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