Students are hard to please. Some grew up on home cooking, others on fast food. Some are sensitive to nutrition, others could care less as long as it tastes good. How do you please them all? From preschoolers to postgraduates, Valley has some fresh ideas on the subject.

COLLEGES

The greatest challenge facing any college food service operation is how to keep students on campus at mealtime. Valley does it by preparing food that students and faculty want to eat and by making it easy for them to do so. Our proprietary systems make food preparation efficient and affordable, and our declining balance cards for students and payroll deduction cards for faculty boost sales by making dining a cashless transaction. We are a licensed operator for nationally branded concepts including sandwich, chicken, pizza and Mexican food, which are solid competition for off-campus fast food dining. Our own "Signature Branded Concepts" feature chicken, pasta and other popular dishes that give the "real" restaurants off-campus a run for their money. We've received high marks for our attention to nutrition, as well as our ability to keep up with the changing interests of the student body. Vegetarian menus and on-campus coffee houses are just a few of the creative solutions Valley has developed to engage students. These kinds of ideas, combined with smarter food purchasing, menu planning, inventory management, point-of-sale control and personnel training, scheduling and review, make Valley a leader in college food service.

ACADEMIES

Schools with excellent academic records should demand excellence in food service as well. Full-service management from Valley is the cost-effective, high-quality solution for academies.

• Strategic Menu Planning that ensures variety and excitement are part of every meal.
• Nutrition Analysis puts parents at ease, knowing their children have access to healthy meals.
• National Branded Concepts Agreements boost sales by lending credibility and the comfort of familiarity to your menu.
• Employee Training, Supervision and Payroll services keep management costs down and increase employee performance.
• Valley's proprietary systems for Menuing, Preparation, Serving, Ordering and Inventory lead to cost and time efficiencies across the board.
• Our Prime Vendor Program saves you money by increasing your purchasing power.

From salad bars and short order grills to hot meals from centralized kitchens, Valley has helped schools of all shapes and sizes find affordable ways to expand and improve their food service operations.