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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 July 31, 2006
Week
of July 24, 2006
Week
of July 17, 2006
Week
of July 10, 2006
Week
of July 3, 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.
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Week
of
July 31, 2006
| BACK
TO SCHOOL: Welcome back! We are looking forward to another successful
school year. Bette, Charlene, Steven, Dila and Bob are here to
assist you. Together we can make this the best year yet!
ASPIN
STAFF MEMBER: Bob Hickok started with ASPIN on Monday, July 31st
as Member
Service Representative. We are pleased to have Bob
with us! Please join us in welcoming Bob to our team!
NEW
ADDRESS: Please note that our new address is 4750 N. Oracle Road,
Ste.
116, Tucson, AZ 85705. It is important to note that
only the
ADDRESS changed, we have the same suite number. Please be sure
your accounts payable department has our new address.
NUTRITIONIST
POSITION AVAILABLE: The Humboldt Unified School District is seeking
a full time Nutritionist. Bachelor’s degree required,
RD preferred. 218 day contract. Competitive salary and benefits.
If you know anyone who may be interested, please have them contact
Rick Littell at 928-759-5012.
SHAMROCK
FOOD SHOW: Shamrock will be sponsoring a food show on August
9th from 9 – 4 at the Tucson Convention Center. You
can register at the show!
ASPIN
INVOICES: We are working to close all FY06 invoices. If you have
any old Shamrock invoices
that you have not received
an ASPIN
invoice for, please call Bette or Steven.
HOLDING FUND ADJUSTMENTS: We sent letters to those members
that need to increase their ASPIN holding fund. As you
know, the holding
fund
for each members needs to represent at LEAST 4 weeks worth
of purchase volume with Shamrock Foods. Thank you for sending
us
a purchase order
for the additional amount if it applies to your district.
FY07
PURCHASE ORDERS: Steven sent a memo to all members regarding
purchase orders for the 06/07 school year. Please
submit
your 07 purchase orders to us so we can process food
orders for
your district.
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.
PRODUCT
INFO: Attached with this update is some product information for
your information.
PRODUCE
STORAGE POSTER: Included as an attachment to this update is a
poster that shows proper
produce storage.
Thank
you to
Shamrock for submitting this to us. We trust
you will find this poster
useful for your kitchen staff.
SHAMROCK
MILK AND COLD STORAGE PRICING: Pricing for the month of August
from
Shamrock Foods
is included
as an
attachment to this update.
THEME
COOKIES: Included as an attachment to this update is a list of
theme cookies
that
Shamrock
will be offering
this
school
year.
If your district is interested in these
products, please fill out the form and fax back to
the ASPIN office.
MILK
PRICING: Milk pricing from Shamrock Dairy for all counties is
included as an
attachment
to this
update.
8
OZ. PLASTIC MILK: Shamrock Dairy will be offering
low fat milk in 8 oz. plastic
bottles
this year.
The pricing
follows:
#132380,
1% chocolate, .26127; #032380, 1% strawberry,
.2632; and #192380, 1% white milk,
.2602
ATTACHMENTS (Download
as PDF Documents): RAINBOW
PRODUCE; SHAMROCK
PRODUCE; PRODUCT CHANGES; PRODUCE
STORAGE POSTER;
SHAMROCK FOODS MILK AND
COLD STORAGE PRICING; THEME
COOKIES; SHAMROCK MILK PRICING.
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Week
of
July 24, 2006
| BACK
TO SCHOOL: Welcome
back! We are looking forward to another successful school year.
Bette, Charlene, Steven,
Dila and Bob are here to assist you. Together we can make
this the best year yet!
THEME
COOKIES: Included with this update is an attachment
for theme cookies
that will be offered by Shamrock this school year. Please fax your
orders
for these cookies to the ASPIN office.
NEW
ADDRESS: Please note that our new address
is 4750 N. Oracle Road, Ste. 116, Tucson, AZ 85705. It
is important to note that only the ADDRESS changed, we
have the same suite number.
HOLSUM
WHOLE WHEAT PRODUCTS: Please note that
Holsum will not be producing the 100 percent whole-wheat
products (sub rolls, hot dog buns, hamburger buns) until
mid August. Schools with summer programs can still order
the #206, multi grain hamburger buns. Product #148, 100
percent whole wheat bread will be available all summer.
SHAMROCK
FOOD SHOW: Shamrock will be sponsoring
a food show on August 9th from 9 – 4 at the Tucson
Convention Center. You can register at the show!
ASPIN
INVOICES: We
are working to close all FY06 invoices. If you have any old
Shamrock invoices that you have not received an ASPIN invoice
for, please call Bette or Steven.
MAINTENANCE FEE LETTERS: We
sent maintenance fee adjustment letters to members
this week. We will be sending your maintenance fee
invoices this week. If you have any questions, please
call Bette.
HOLDING
FUND ADJUSTMENTS: We
sent letters to those members that need to increase their ASPIN
holding fund.
As you know, the holding fund for each members needs to
represent at LEAST 4 weeks worth of purchase volume with
Shamrock Foods. Thank you for sending us a purchase order
for the additional amount if it applies to your district.
FY07
PURCHASE ORDERS: Steven sent a memo to
all members regarding purchase orders for the 06/07 school
year. Please submit your 07 purchase orders to us so we
can process food orders for your district.
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.
PRODUCT
INFO: Attached with this update is some
product information for your information.
ATTACHMENTS (Download
as PDF Documents): RAINBOW
PRODUCE; SHAMROCK
PRODUCE; PRODUCT
CHANGES; THEME COOKIES.
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Week
of
July 17, 2006
| ASPIN
STAFFING NEWS: ASPIN is pleased to announce
that Dila Justice started as Member Service Representative
on July 10th. Dila has many years experience with customer
service, particularly in the school food service area. We
are also pleased to announce that Bob Hickok, Procurement
Specialist, from the Kingman Office will be moving to Tucson
and joining the ASPIN team as a Member Service Representative
on July 31st. Steven Gord started the new position of ASPIN
Invoice Specialist on July 1st. Charlene Johnson assumed
additional accounting duties on July 1st. Charlene and Steven
will be focusing full-time on our accounting functions. Dila
and Bob will be working directly with our members regarding
food and supply orders with Shamrock Foods. We are looking
forward to being fully staffed in the 06/07 school year and
providing our members with quality and timely service!
NEW
ADDRESS: Please note that our new address
is 4750 N. Oracle Road, Ste. 116, Tucson, AZ 85705. It
is important to note that only the ADDRESS changed, we
have the same suite number.
HOLSUM
WHOLE WHEAT PRODUCTS: Please note that
Holsum will not be producing the 100 percent whole-wheat
products (sub rolls, hot dog buns, hamburger buns) until
mid August. Schools with summer programs can still order
the #206, multi grain hamburger buns. Product #148, 100
percent whole wheat bread will be available all summer.
SHAMROCK
FOOD SHOW: Shamrock will be sponsoring
a food show on August 9th from 9 – 4 at the Tucson
Convention Center. You can register at the show!
ASPIN
INVOICES: We
are working to close all FY06 invoices. If you have any old
Shamrock invoices that you have not received an ASPIN invoice
for, please call Bette or Steven.
MAINTENANCE FEE LETTERS: We
sent maintenance fee adjustment letters to members
this week. We will be sending your maintenance fee
invoices this week. If you have any questions, please
call Bette.
FY07
PURCHASE ORDERS: Steven sent a memo to
all members regarding purchase orders for the 06/07 school
year. Please submit your 07 purchase orders to us so we
can process food orders for your district.
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.
PRODUCT
INFO: Attached with this update is some
product information for your information.
ATTACHMENTS (Download
as PDF Documents): RAINBOW
PRODUCE; SHAMROCK
PRODUCE; PRODUCT
CHANGES.
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Week
of
July 10, 2006
| ASPIN
STAFFING NEWS: ASPIN is pleased to announce that
Dila Justice started as Member
Service Representative on July 10th. Dila has many years experience
with customer service, particularly in the school food service
area. We are also pleased to announce that Bob Hickok, Procurement
Specialist,
from the Kingman Office will be moving to Tucson and joining the
ASPIN team as a Member Service Representative on July 31st. Steven
Gord started the new position of ASPIN Invoice Specialist on July
1st. Charlene Johnson assumed additional accounting duties on July
1st. Charlene and Steven will be focusing full-time on our accounting
functions. Dila and Bob will be working directly with our members
regarding food and supply orders with Shamrock Foods. We are looking
forward to being fully staffed in the 06/07 school year and providing
our members with quality and timely service!
NEW
ADDRESS: Please note that our new address is 4750 N. Oracle Road,
Ste. 116, Tucson,
AZ 85705. It is important to note that only the
ADDRESS changed, we have the same suite number.
HOLSUM
WHOLE WHEAT PRODUCTS: Please note that Holsum will not be producing
the 100 percent whole-wheat products (sub rolls,
hot dog
buns, hamburger buns) until mid August. Schools with summer
programs
can still order the #206, multi grain hamburger buns. Product
#148, 100 percent whole wheat bread will be available all summer.
SHAMROCK
FOOD SHOW: Shamrock will be sponsoring a food show on August
9th from 9 – 4 at the Tucson Convention Center.
You can register at the show!
ASPIN INVOICES: We are working to close all FY06 invoices.
If you have any old Shamrock invoices that you have not received
an ASPIN
invoice for, please call Bette.
MAINTENANCE FEE LETTERS: We sent maintenance fee adjustment
letters to members this week. We will be sending your maintenance
fee
invoices next week. If you have any questions, please call
Bette.FY07 PURCHASE
ORDERS: Stephen sent a memo to all members regarding purchase
orders for the 06/07 school year. Please submit your 07 purchase
orders
to us so we can process food orders for your district.
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 has not been received
as of July 13th. We will post the pricing on the
website as soon
as we receive it,
SHAMROCK PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included
as an attachment to this update.
PRODUCT
INFO: Attached with this update is some product information for
your information.
ATTACHMENTS (Download
as PDF Documents): SHAMROCK
PRODUCE; PRODUCT CHANGES. |
Week
of
July 3, 2006
| NEW
ADDRESS: Please note that our new address is 4750 N. Oracle Road,
Ste. 116, Tucson, AZ 85705. It is important to note that
only the ADDRESS changed, we have the same suite number.
ASPIN
INVOICE SPECIALIST: We are pleased to announce that Steven
Gord has accepted the new position of ASPIN Invoice Specialist.
He
will be responsible for all ASPIN invoicing beginning in the 06/07
school year. We are looking forward to having this new position
in order to manage our growth and be more timely with invoicing
in the
06/07 school year.
MEMBER
SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES: We are pleased to announce that Bob
Hickok, Procurement Specialist, from the
Kingman office will
be an
ASPIN Member Service Representative starting July 31st. We are
looking forward to Bob being part of the ASPIN team! We are conducting
second
interviews this week for the other position. We hope to have
this position filled by mid-July.
HOLSUM
WHOLE WHEAT PRODUCTS: Please note that Holsum will not be producing
the 100 percent
whole-wheat products (sub rolls,
hot
dog buns, hamburger buns) until mid August. Schools with summer
programs
can still order the #206, multi grain hamburger buns. Product
#148, 100 percent whole wheat bread will be available all summer.
SHAMROCK
FOOD SHOW: Shamrock will be sponsoring a food show on August
9th from 9 – 4 at the Tucson Convention Center.
You can register at the show!
ASPIN
INVOICES: We are closing in on the end of the year! 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 has not
been received as of July 3rd. We will post the pricing on the
website as soon
as we receive it.
SHAMROCK PRODUCE PRICES: Pricing for this week is included
as an attachment to this update.
SHAMROCK
MILK PRICES: Shamrock Dairy pricing for the month of July for
all counties is
included as an attachment
to
this update.
SHAMROCK
FOODS MILK AND COLD STORAGE: Pricing for the month of July for
Shamrock Foods milk and cold storage
is included
as
an attachment
to this update.
HOLSUM
PRICING: Holsum pricing for the 06/07 school year is included
as an attachment to this update.
SHAMROCK
FOODS PRICING: Pricing for 06/07 for Shamrock Foods has been
posted on our website.
We also mailed
welcome back
packages including all pricing to all members
today.
ATTACHMENTS (Download
as PDF Documents): SHAMROCK PRODUCE;
SHAMROCK MILK; SHAMROCK
FOODS MILK AND COLD STORAGE; HOLSUM. |
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