Procurement & Purchasing
Lunchtime Solutions invests in ensuring compliance with all federal procurement regulations. Our dedicated Purchasing Manager procures the right products for our menus, with focus on high quality ingredients, exceptional taste and cost control to ensure the best possible prices to our customers. Relationships with key suppliers are built to maintain quality of goods and timely delivery of products.
Procurement with Purpose
- Promotes the use of USDA food commodities on menus
- Tracks and monitors purchasing to comply with the Buy American provision
- Works with our Compliance Manager and Culinary Manager to effectively add creative and compliant options for students
- Selects suppliers based on mandated criteria that best benefit our district customers, with reliability, service record and pricing at the forefront of decision-making
- Supports operations with location-specific guidance and recommendations for suppliers
- Assists the Lunchtime Culinary Team with keeping menus fresh by sourcing new ingredients or products based on culinary trends and innovations
- Negotiates all annual and specialty pricing
- Assurance of value over cost to maintain taste integrity of all recipes
For more information please contact James Coleman, Purchasing Manager, at 605-235-0939 or email him here.
Lunchtime Solutions Inc. has been a tremendous partner for the past several years. They are professional and seek to provide nutritious and delicious meal options for our students and staff. I also love how much they enjoy interacting with our students.
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