News from ASPIN Food Services

Bette Thompson, Director of ASPIN

It is important to note that the process changes at Mohave DO NOT impact ASPIN procedures. The ASPIN accounting, ordering and payment procedures remain the same. ASPIN continues to invoice our members for Shamrock Foods purchases. Members will continue to pay ASPIN for food and non-food products ordered through ASPIN/Mohave.

Our annual ASPIN Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 11th at Humboldt Unified School District Office. Invitations were sent to all ASPIN members the week of March 3rd. This will be a fun and informative day! Please encourage the food service staff to attend. It is our one opportunity to get together as a group and plan for the year ahead.

The ASPIN staff and Executive Committee is hard at work compiling product specifications and usage data for our upcoming RFP’s. Our solicitation will be issued on April 11th with responses due back May 8th. We anticipate heightened interest in our upcoming solicitation due to our tremendous growth.

We were very busy the month of February working with our members, vendors and ADE officials regarding the beef hold/recall. We appreciate the efforts of Shamrock Foods to increase their inventory of ground beef and other entrée items in order to meet the unprecedented needs of our members. We appreciate our members understanding the unforeseen challenges faced by Shamrock Foods and other distributors during this extraordinary event.

We have had several inquiries from school districts interested in joining ASPIN for the 08/09 school year. As ASPIN grows, all members benefit!

3/3/08, BT