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Page Updated 3/27/06

Weekly updates for the current month will be posted on this page to keep members informed on the lastest happenings at ASPIN.


CONTENTS

Week of March 27, 2006
Week of March 20, 2006
Week of March 13, 2006
Week of March 6, 2006


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


Week of
March 27, 2006

ASPIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING: Mark your calendars! We are having our annual ASPIN Advisory Committee Meeting on Thursday, April 6th at 11:00 - 1 at Shamrock Foods Company, 2540 N. 29th Ave. Phoenix. We hope many of you can attend. We will be having a mini-food show! Brokers will be bringing products and specifications that meet the new Arizona Nutrition Standards. Your input will be very important to our bid renewal! Please RSVP to your ASPIN representative if you will be able to attend!

ASPIN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING: The next AEC meeting will take place at 10:00 in the Sahuaro Conference Room at Shamrock Foods Company on Thursday, April 6th.

CORRECTION - PIERRE APPROVED FOR NET OFF INVOICE: Pierre Foods has ONLY been approved by ADE to participate in a test program for net off invoice program. We hope they will be approved for the 06/07 school year.

EASTSIDE ENTREES: We are trying to have the “breakfast breaks” by Eastside Entrees stocked at Shamrock Foods. If you are interested in this product, please e-mail Bette with your approximate MONTHLY usage. (bette@mesc.org)

UPCOMING SNAAZ EVENTS: Mark your calendars for the Industry Seminar. The annual Industry Seminar is scheduled in Chandler on April 20th and 21st. Registration materials for this event have been mailed to all districts. For more information, you can contact Lois Stansbury at 866-402-9038.

ASPIN INVOICES: We are now current with our invoicing for Shamrock Foods! If you have any old Shamrock invoices that you have not received an ASPIN invoice for, please call Bette.

ASPIN CPA ADDENDUM: PLEASE NOTE: Many of you have not yet submitted the revised CPA Addendum. It is important that all of our members are covered under the same agreement. The revised CPA Addendum can be downloaded from our website at http://www.mesc.org/aspin_signup.html. We will need each of you to bring this new CPA to your Governing Board for approval. Your current CPA Addendum will remain in effect until the new document is approved. If you have any questions, please call Bette in the ASPIN office. Thank you to those ASPIN members who have already submitted the new CPA Addendum!

RAINBOW PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update.

SHAMROCK PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update. Please note that we have added several new items to the produce list!

PRODUCT CHANGES: Included as an attachment to this update are important product changes.

MILK PRICING: Milk pricing for the month of April from Shamrock Dairy for all counties is included as an attachment to this update.

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

Week of
March 20 2006

PIERRE APPROVED FOR NET OFF INVOICE: Pierre Foods has been approved by ADE to participate in the net off invoice program for the 06/07 school year. Shamrock will be carrying 6 pork items and 10 beef items. A list of these products is included as an attachment to this update.

EASTSIDE ENTREES: We are trying to have the “breakfast breaks” by Eastside Entrees stocked at Shamrock Foods. If you are interested in this product, please e-mail Bette at bette@mesc.org with your approximate MONTHLY usage.

UPCOMING SNAAZ EVENTS: Mark your calendars for the Industry Seminar. The annual Industry Seminar is scheduled in Chandler on April 20th and 21st. Registration materials for this event have been mailed to all districts. For more information, you can contact Lois Stansbury at 866-402-9038.

STRAWBERRY MILK: Shamrock Dairy now has 1 percent strawberry milk available in half-pint cartons. The product code number is 32305. It is priced one-half cent higher than the 1 percent chocolate.

STRAWBERRY MILK: Shamrock Foods now has 1 percent strawberry milk in half-pint cartons. The Shamrock Foods product number is #2382221.

ASPIN INVOICES: We are now current with our invoicing for Shamrock Foods! If you have any old Shamrock invoices that you have not received an ASPIN invoice for, please call Bette.

BEEF PATTIES: The Osborn Elementary District would like to know if any of you are interested in processed Pierre Flamebroiled Beef Patties. They are 140, 2.3 oz patties per case. They have a total of 171 cases at US Foodservice. The case cost is $16.91. If you are interested in this product, please call Laura Soto at 602-707-2021.

ASPIN CPA ADDENDUM: PLEASE NOTE: Many of you have not yet submitted the revised CPA Addendum. It is important that all of our members are covered under the same agreement. The revised CPA Addendum can be downloaded from our website at http://www.mesc.org/aspin_signup.html. We will need each of you to bring this new CPA to your Governing Board for approval. Your current CPA Addendum will remain in effect until the new document is approved. If you have any questions, please call Bette in the ASPIN office. Thank you to those ASPIN members who have already submitted the new CPA Addendum!

RAINBOW PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update.

SHAMROCK PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update. Please note that we have added several new items to the produce list!

PRODUCT CHANGES: Included as an attachment to this update are important product changes.

ATTACHMENTS (Download as PDF Documents): PIERRE FOODS PRODUCTS; RAINBOW PRODUCE; SHAMROCK PRODUCE; PRODUCT CHANGES.

Week of
March 13, 2006

ASPIN STAFF UPDATE: ASPIN is pleased to announce that Stephanie Holzman from the Tombstone Unified School District will be joining ASPIN as Member Service Representative on March 6th. Stephanie has been a member of ASPIN for 8 years. She will bring a wealth of knowledge about ASPIN and school food service operations with her to the position. She will be managing the school accounts formerly handled by Nick Bunce. Please join us in welcoming Stephanie to our team!

UPCOMING SNAAZ EVENTS: Mark your calendars for the Industry Seminar. The annual Industry Seminar is scheduled in Chandler on April 20th and 21st. Registration materials for this event have been mailed to all districts. For more information, you can contact Lois Stansbury at 866-402-9038.

STRAWBERRY MILK: Shamrock Dairy now has 1 percent strawberry milk available in half-pint cartons. The product code number is 32305. It is priced one-half cent higher than the 1 percent chocolate.

STRAWBERRY MILK: Shamrock Foods now has 1 percent strawberry milk in half-pint cartons. The Shamrock Foods product number is #2382221.

ASPIN INVOICES: We are now current with our invoicing for Shamrock Foods! If you have any old Shamrock invoices that you have not received an ASPIN invoice for, please call Bette.

BEEF PATTIES:
The Osborn Elementary District would like to know if any of you are interested in processed Pierre Flamebroiled Beef Patties. They are 140, 2.3 oz patties per case. They have a total of 171 cases at US Foodservice. The case cost is $16.91. If you are interested in this product, please call Laura Soto at 602-707-2021.

ASPIN CPA ADDENDUM: PLEASE NOTE: Many of you have not yet submitted the revised CPA Addendum. It is important that all of our members are covered under the same agreement. The revised CPA Addendum can be downloaded from our website at http://www.mesc.org/aspin_signup.html. We will need each of you to bring this new CPA to your Governing Board for approval. Your current CPA Addendum will remain in effect until the new document is approved. If you have any questions, please call Bette in the ASPIN office. Thank you to those ASPIN members who have already submitted the new CPA Addendum!

RAINBOW PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update.

SHAMROCK PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update. Please note that we have added several new items to the produce list!

PRODUCT CHANGES: Included as an attachment to this update are important product changes.

ATTACHMENTS (Download as PDF Documents): RAINBOW PRODUCE; SHAMROCK PRODUCE; PRODUCT CHANGES.

Week of
March 6, 2006

ASPIN STAFF UPDATE: ASPIN is pleased to announce that Stephanie Holzman from the Tombstone Unified School District will be joining ASPIN as Member Service Representative on March 6th. Stephanie has been a member of ASPIN for 8 years. She will bring a wealth of knowledge about ASPIN and school food service operations with her to the position. She will be managing the school accounts formerly handled by Nick Bunce. Please join us in welcoming Stephanie to our team!

UPCOMING SNAAZ EVENTS: Mark your calendars for the Industry Seminar. The annual Industry Seminar is scheduled in Chandler on April 20th and 21st. Registration materials for this event have been mailed to all districts. For more information, you can contact Lois Stansbury at 866-402-9038.

STRAWBERRY MILK: Shamrock Dairy now has 1 percent strawberry milk available in half-pint cartons. The product code number is 32305. It is priced one-half cent higher than the 1 percent chocolate.

STRAWBERRY MILK: Shamrock Foods now has 1 percent strawberry milk in half-pint cartons. The Shamrock Foods product number is #2382221.

ASPIN INVOICES: We are now current with our invoicing for Shamrock Foods! If you have any old Shamrock invoices that you have not received an ASPIN invoice for, please call Bette.

BEEF PATTIES: The Osborn Elementary District would like to know if any of you are interested in processed Pierre Flamebroiled Beef Patties. They are 140, 2.3 oz patties per case. They have a total of 171 cases at US Foodservice. The case cost is $16.91. If you are interested in this product, please call Laura Soto at 602-707-2021.

ASPIN CPA ADDENDUM: PLEASE NOTE: Many of you have not yet submitted the revised CPA Addendum. It is important that all of our members are covered under the same agreement. The revised CPA Addendum can be downloaded from our website at http://www.mesc.org/aspin_signup.html. We will need each of you to bring this new CPA to your Governing Board for approval. Your current CPA Addendum will remain in effect until the new document is approved. If you have any questions, please call Bette in the ASPIN office. Thank you to those ASPIN members who have already submitted the new CPA Addendum!

RAINBOW PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update.

SHAMROCK PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included as an attachment to this update. Please note that we have added several new items to the produce list!

PRODUCT CHANGES: Included as an attachment to this update are important product changes.

MILK AND COLD STORAGE PRICING: Milk and cold storage pricing from Shamrock Foods for the month of March is included as an attachment to this update.

ATTACHMENTS (Download as PDF Documents): RAINBOW PRODUCE; SHAMROCK PRODUCE; PRODUCT CHANGES; MILK PRICING; COLD STORAGE PRICING.

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