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2018 Food and Nutrition Survey
Results
&
Recommendations
Respondent Breakdown
90%
10%
0%
Student
Parent/Guardian
Teacher/Staff
195 Responses
Student Grade Distribution
9%
15%
9%
13% 23%
16%
15%
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grada
12 Grade
179 Responses
Gender Distribution
63%
36%
0% 1%
Female
Male
Other
Prefer Not to Say
193 Responses
How often do you buy lunch?
38%
20%
9%
20%
13%
191 Responses
Everyday
Several time a week
Once a week
Occasionally
Never
What would need to change in school lunch to have you buy it?
34.6% 39.7%
78.2%
41.0%
16.7%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
Price Reduction IncreasedVariety
Improved taste& quality
Shorter lunchlines
Will alwaysbring lunch no
matter thechanges in café
78 Responses- more than 1 choice was allowed
How would you rate the variety of meals offered at lunch?
2.1%
22.9%
56.8%
15.6%
2.6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
192 Responses
How would you rate the presentation of our school lunches?
8.9%
27.7%
41.9%
19.4%
2.1%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
191 Responses
How would you rate the quality of school lunches?
13.0%
31.3%
41.1%
13.0%
1.6%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
192 Responses
The number of serving lines is adequate
16.0%
23.5%
30.5%
23.0%
7.0%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
187 Responses
The cafeteria is clean and neat
4.3%
8.6%
32.8%
37.1%
17.2%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
186 Responses
The food service staff is courteous
1.1% 2.1% 6.4%
38.8%
51.6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
188 Responses
The time given for lunch period is adequate
30.5%
25.0% 24.6%
12.8%
7.0%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
187 Responses
Does the department communicate well about specials and offerings
4.8%
9.0%
31.7% 32.3%
22.2%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Outstanding
189 Responses
How should the department communicate to you?
71.7%
16.2%
30.6%
4.5% 1.0% 0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%
173 Responses/ More than one response was allowed
Would you like to see food theme days such as Indian or Thai offered?
52%
17%
31%
191 Responses
Yes
No
Undecided
Would you like to see meals labeled with allergy and nutrition information
50%
18%
32%
188 Responses
Yes
No
Undecided
Top 5 Meals
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Pizza Crispy Chicken Burger Bar Loaded Nachos Pasta
Least Favorite 5 Meals
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Pizza BBQ Chicken Pasta Loaded Nachos Chili
New entrees you want to see
• Pasta Bar with ravioli and tortellini
• Hot and Cold Sandwich bar including paninis
• More vegetarian options
• Mac & Cheese
• Salad Bar
• Quesadillas
• Sushi
• Asian choices
Issues you would like us to work on
• Increase vegetarian options
• Healthier options- organic, less processed meals
• Reduced time in lunch lines
• Nutrition and Allergy labeling
• Additional Cuisines - Indian, Thai, additional Asian meals
• More time for lunch
Our Response
We appreciate students and parents taking the time to fill out the survey. Your thoughts and feelings are important to us as we strive to make Dover-Sherborn Food and Nutrition an exciting and healthy place for students to have lunch. In response to your comments we will acting on the following suggestions.
Starting in November, we are adding vegetarian items such as veggie burgers, vegetarian chili and vegetarian nachos to the menus. We will add others as we adapt recipes and have vegetarian protein sources available on the serving lines.
We have been using in season fresh produce from several local farms. We have had very good luck with local squashes this year. Whenever available we also use produce grown at the Dover-Sherborn Public School onsite gardens.
We’ve been incorporating from scratch and “quick scratch” meals several times each month. Quick scratch means sometimes purchasing items that have been semi processed, such as sliced chicken or vegetables. There is limited time available to prepare meals, prohibiting the ability for every item to be made 100% by scratch by the staff. From scratch and quick scratch meals always require a day, or two preparation, as the first meals of the day are served at 10:15 am.
Our Response
We aren’t able at this time to offer a traditional salad bar or pasta bar. Safe food temperature is the number one issue, but serving space is also problematic. We are looking into alternative ways to accomplish these requests. Several different types of salad are offered daily and there are additional fruit and vegetable choices available on every serving line to add to your salad.
We have purchased a new nutrition program and are currently building the nutrition database specific to items we use. When finished, it will give us the ability to post nutrition and allergy information to the menus on the website.
Meal times and lines are not under the direct control of the Food and Nutrition Services. We have forwarded the survey results to the School Administration. We are always looking for the quickest way to serve each, and every meal produced to allow students maximum time to eat their lunches.
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