Spreading the Notables Message
By Jeff Borowicz

Time flies when you’re having fun … and loving your job! As I sit here writing this blog I have already wrapped up my first month as the Account Executive in the Mid-Central Region for Notables by Mello Smello. And what a fun and exciting ride it has been!

First, a little background about myself: My name is Jeff Borowicz and I arrived at Notables after a 19-year career in newspaper publications and marketing communications. I live in a western suburb of the Twin Cities with my wife, Michelle, who is an elementary school teacher, and two sons, Joey and Marty, who are both very active junior high schoolers.

What probably attracted me the most to the Notables team is the passion and enthusiasm shown by our Vice President Richard Morehouse and Executive Director Sarah Lindberg for improving the lives of students one breakfast at a time. They absolutely know they are making a difference in the lives of school-age kids across the country by simply providing them with a highly nutritional breakfast to start their day. After all, studies show that students who eat school breakfast increase their math and reading scores, as well as improve their speed and memory in cognitive tests. That’s pretty noble work if you ask me.

This summer has been quite the learning experience for me. During the second week of my new career, I found myself in the beautiful Pacific Northwest at the annual Washington School Nutritional Association Conference in Tacoma where I met so many wonderful people who share a belief that all students should start the day off with the advantage of a healthy and tasty school breakfast. I quickly learned that this is not just a passion in the Pacific Northwest, but it is conviction shared by School Food Service Directors, Managers and Cooks in South Sioux City, Neb., Worthington, Minn., Superior, Wis., Chandler, Ariz., Dalton, Ga., and many more places in between.

As my duties take me to more school districts in communities from Aberdeen to Zumbrota, I look forward to meeting many more people in the school food service industry who are looking to serve Notables’ highly nutritional breakfasts. My message is simple: “Breakfast. It’s in the Bag.”

Hurray! It’s official; we are in the business of selling breakfasts. We are shipping orders and we couldn’t be more pleased. Thank you to our customers who helped make it happen, you know who you are . I look forward to continuing to work with all of you, and meeting those of you whom I have not yet had the chance.

Also, a great big thank you to our food partners! I am thrilled to be working with such wonderful individuals who produce such fantastic food. I had the opportunity to travel to British Columbia earlier this week and meet the folks at Nature’s Path Organic. What an impressive company with terrific values, and great tasting cereal. Be sure to grab a box the next time your at the store.

Happy Holiday’s and Healthy New Year, see you in 2009!

Sarah

Why Notables?

I have been asked on numerous occasions where the name Notables comes from? So, here is the much anticipated answer; drum roll please... ... Notables is the combination of two words, "no" and "tables"; clever, right? We think so. Anyway, we developed Notables with the intent of it being the perfect solution for situations where tables may not be an option; breakfast in the classroom, summer feeding programs, field trips, breakfast on the bus and other grab `n go venues. No tables, No Time, No Problem, try Notables!

Have a Healthy Day,

Sarah

Last week we had the unique opportunity to travel to Washington D.C., in support of the School Nutrition Association, to attend the SNA Legislative Action Conference and meet with our legislatures to ask for support of the 2009 Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition and WIC Act; what an awesome experience! Throughout the 4-day event we met so many incredible individuals dedicated to school nutrition; to say the atmosphere was electrifying would be an understatement. The true star of the event was the SNA 2009 Reauthorization Issue Paper. This issue paper, which was distributed to members of congress during our “charge to the hill”, asks for two simple things, an increase in funding and an improvement on nutrition standards. Both of these issues are fully supported by Notables and we have only just begun our journey through this legislative process.

Have a Healthy Day,

Sarah

2009 Issue Paper PDF

Share your memory to win prizes and bring more resources for healthy school food

What is your most vivid memory of school food? Put that memory into words, images or video, and you can win some delicious prizes . Healthy Schools Campaign and Applegate Farms are pleased to announce the Fresh Voices for Fresh Choices Contest, in which entrants share their most vivid school food memories for a chance to win fabulous prizes while raising awareness of important school food issues. Adults can win a Panini party package, while students can win a healthy, tasty breakfast for their school and see their winning entry printed on Notables breakfast bags. Entries will be accepted through May 1, 2009 and votes will be accepted through May 15, 2009. Learn more and enter online at www.healthyschoolscampaign.org?contest.
 

Fresh Voices for Fresh Choices Contest Asks: What Is Your Most Vivid Memory of School Food?

Notables is growing and we can’t wait to introduce our newest team member, Tom Lemon. A big part of our top-notch customer service team,Tom is available to track your orders, send samples, nutrition information, etc…

Tom can be reached at tlemon@notables.com or extension 5476.

Welcome Tom!

It is that time of year again and this time it is Viva Las Vegas!

Notables is being featured on the “How Cool is That?” section of Rachel Ray’s non-profit organization, Yum-O!, website. “How Cool is That?” is dedicated to people and organizations who are making an effort to improve the way we eat, both locally and nationwide. And how cool do we think that is? It is very cool indeed.