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Previous ASPIN Weekly Updates for the month of October 2003.


CONTENTS

Week of October 27, 2003
Week of October 20, 2003
Week of October 13, 2003
Week of October 6, 2003


QUESTIONS OR NEED FURTHER INFORMATION?
Please contact ASPIN Director Bette Thompson by email at bette@mesc.org or by phone at (520) 888-9664 or (800) 552-3534.


 

Week of
October 27, 2003

VETERAN’S DAY HOLIDAY: The ASPIN Office will be open on Monday, November 10th and Tuesday, November 11th to meet the needs of our members.

THANKSGIVING PRODUCTS: It is not too early to be planning your holiday meals! Be sure to order pies, turkeys, stuffing etc. ahead of time from Shamrock Foods. By ordering early, you can be assured of receiving the product you want for your holiday meals.

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: The ASPIN Office will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th in observance of Thanksgiving. Those of you with Monday and Tuesday deliveries after the holiday, be sure to have your orders into the ASPIN Office by Tuesday, November 25th. Thank you to all members for planning ahead!

SHAMROCK DAIRY PRICING: Shamrock Dairy pricing for the month of November for all counties is included as an attachment to this update.

SERVE-SAFE CLASSES: Do you have staff members that are in need of Serve-Safe certification? Please notify Bette if you would like ASPIN to arrange for a Serve-Safe certification course to be offered in January.

SHAMROCK INVOICES: We have worked out a new system of receiving invoices from Shamrock Foods. We are confident that we will be able to invoice our members for Shamrock purchases in a timelier manner.

ASPIN INTERNET ORDER SYSTEM: Thank you to all of our members who are using our internet order system! If you have not tried it already, give us a call! It is real easy to set you up for on-line ordering! One of the greatest benefits to this system is that you can submit your order anytime and we are notified by e-mail when your order has been placed. It is a very efficient way for us to receive your orders. Call Charlene, Terry or Bette for more information!

ORDERS: Due to the large number of orders we are processing, we need you to place your orders TWO days before your delivery day. Thank you to all members for making sure you place your orders two days before your delivery day.

ATTACHMENTS (Download as PDF Documents): SHAMROCK PRODUCE; RAINBOW PRODUCE; MILK PRICING.

Week of
October 20, 2003

VETERAN’S DAY HOLIDAY: The ASPIN Office will be open on Monday, November 10th, and Tuesday, November 11th, to meet the needs of our members.

SHAMROCK INVOICES: We have worked out a new system of receiving invoices from Shamrock Foods. We are confident that we will be able to invoice our members for Shamrock purchases in a timelier manner.

ASPIN HOLDING FUND: Thank you to all members for your prompt payment of ASPIN invoices. Prompt payment ensures an adequate balance in our holding fund and the ability for all members to earn interest!

AzSFSA CONFERENCE: The conference here in Tucson is this week! We are looking forward to seeing so many of our ASPIN members there!

ASPIN INTERNET ORDER SYSTEM: Thank you to all of our members who are using our internet order system! If you have not tried it already, give us a call! It is real easy to set you up for on-line ordering! One of the greatest benefits to this system is that you can submit your order anytime and we are notified by e-mail when your order has been placed. It is a very efficient way for us to receive your orders. Call Charlene, Terry or Bette for more information!

ORDERS: Due to the large number of orders we are processing, we need you to place your orders TWO days before your delivery day. Thank you to all members for making sure you place your orders two days before your delivery day.

ATTACHMENTS (Download as PDF Documents): SHAMROCK PRODUCE; RAINBOW PRODUCE; TOMATO PRICING.

Week of
October 13, 2003

COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY: The ASPIN Office will be open from 7:30 to 4:00 on Monday, October 13th.

ASPIN WEEKLY UPDATE: This is the last time we will be faxing the UPDATE to our members. You can now access the UPDATE on the Mohave website! Go to www.mesc.org and click on the ASPIN page. The UPDATE should be published on the website every Friday afternoon. We are very excited about our expanded website and want to thank Carol Pashano in the Kingman Office for her efforts to make this a reality! We would love to hear your comments about the expanded website!

CHANGES IN THE ASPIN OFFICE: Angelique Thornton has resigned from her position of ASPIN Member Services. Charlene will be managing Angelique’s schools until we can hire a replacement. If you know of anyone who might be interested in working at ASPIN, have them call Bette.

AzSFSA CONFERENCE AND COMMODITY PROCESSING WORKSHOP: We are looking forward to seeing our members at the upcoming event in Tucson on October 24th and 25th. It is not too late to register! Call Lois Stansbury at 1-866-402-3908 for registration information.

SHAMROCK INVOICES: We apologize if we are “behind” on invoicing you for Shamrock Foods deliveries. We have been experiencing some difficulty receiving all invoices from Shamrock. We will be meeting with Shamrock this week to address this issue. We hope that we can resolve the “technical difficulties” we have been experiencing!

ATTACHMENTS (Download as PDF Documents): SHAMROCK PRODUCE; RAINBOW PRODUCE; BEEF PRICING; TUNA PRICING.

Week of
October 6, 2003

CHANGES AT SHAMROCK FOODS: Bobbi DeMarco, our school specialist at Shamrock Foods for the past 3 years has taken a different position within the company. We have enjoyed Bobbi’s pleasant and professional demeanor and her extraordinary efforts to serve our member districts. We wish her nothing but continued success in her new position. We welcome Julie Bujan as our new school specialist and look forward to working with her. A letter from Shamrock Foods is included with this update.

NEW FORMAT FOR OUR UPDATE: We hope to be able to publish our weekly update on the Mohave website in the near future. By having the UPDATE on our website, we will be able to save money for all of our members! We thank Carol Pashano in the Kingman Office for her efforts to help this become a viable option for us. If gaining access to the world wide web will be a problem for any of you, please contact Bette.

AEC MINUTES:
The minutes from the ASPIN Executive Committee meeting of September 9, 2003 are included with this update.

AZSFSA CONFERENCE: If you are planning to attend the ADE Commodity Processing Workshop in Tucson on Friday, October 24, the Arizona School Food Service Association hopes that you will consider “staying on” for the annual state conference that evening and all day Saturday. If you won’t be at the workshop, head to Tucson for the conference anyway! This year’s theme is “Celebrating SMART Kids” (School Meals: Achieving Results Together.) This is a great opportunity to improve your personal and professional skills, network and exchange ideas with other school food service professionals and get re-energized for your very important job. Contact Lois Stansbury, AzSFSA Executive Secretary, for further information: 623-877-8252 or 1-866-402-3908 (toll free) or e-mail to azsfsa@cox.net. NOTE: AzSFSA has extended the “early bird” registration deadline to Friday, October 10th for ASPIN members only! Save $$$ on your registration fee!

PRODUCT INFORMATION: The following products have been added to the ASPIN bid. Pricing shown is for both State & Valley:
3230221 Chicken, 8pc Brd Ckd Ovenable 80-84pcs Tyson $58.15
1812581 Chip, Potato Ched/SourCream Baked 60/1.12oz. $19.01
1821371 Chip, Tortilla Nacho Baked 60/1.38oz. $19.01
1914671 Chip, Dorito Cool Ranch Baked 60/1.37oz. $19.01
1985451 Snack, Cheeto Reduced Fat 104/0.875oz. $21.21
1723861 Ketchup, Btl Pls Pump 6/#10 $17.96
1713001 Mustard, Yellow Jug Pump 6/#10 $15.39
The following product is no longer a Special Order product:
1846541 Meatloaf, Beef FC w/ Ketchup Pierre 100/3oz. State $36.72
Valley $36.00

FLAVORED APPLESAUCE:
Tree Top flavored applesauce is now available!
Item #2036911 Blue Raspberry 72/4oz State $18.16 Valley $17.80
Item #2036901 Natural 72/4oz State $18.16 Valley $17.80
Item #2036921 Strawberry 72/4oz State $18.16 Valley $17.80

MORE PRODUCT INFO:
The following Fruit roll ups have been added to the ASPIN bids. #2065751 Cherry Orange Wildfire, State - $19.68, Valley - $19.29 and #2065771 Cherry Rage, State - $22.84, Valley - $22.39

SIMPLOT PRICE INCREASES: Simplot pricing is increasing as of October 12, 2003. The products and new pricing is included with this UPDATE. This price increase meets the terms and conditions of our contract with Shamrock Foods.
PRODUCT CHANGE: #1626541, Gatorade Hi Tide is no longer available. This product has been discontinued by the manufacturer. Product #4591151, Gatorade Orange has been added to the ASPIN bid. 24/20 oz. State - $14.07, Valley - #13.79

ATTACHMENTS (Download as PDF Documents): SHAMROCK PRODUCE; RAINBOW PRODUCE; SHAMROCK LETTER; AEC MINUTES; SIMPLOT PRICING

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