Food Services

Exciting News from Branford Public Schools

This school year 2025-2026, we're digging into something delicious — local farm-fresh food is
coming to our cafeterias!

Seed to Table is a celebration of fresh, seasonal, and local foods with an exploration of how students and families can have fun growing their own vegetables and herbs.

This year, BPS has partnered with Massaro Community Farm to offer their home grown Marinara Sauce.

If you have any questions or want to learn more about farm to school, please contact :

Alfonso (Foe) Iaderosa
Director of Food Services
(203) 315-7842
aiaderosa@branfordschools.org

🍎 What’s New?
• Fresh fruits vegetables and beef sourced locally
• Seasonal menus bursting with flavor
• Opportunities for students to learn where their food
comes from

🌽 Why It Matters:
• Promotes a happy and healthy lifestyle
• Supports healthier meals for students
• Builds connections between kids and community

🥬 What You Can Expect:
• Monthly menus with locally grown ingredients
• Fun educational events celebrating locally grown
• Farm-to-school tastings

🚜 By partnering with
local farms and producers, we
strengthen our community and provide students with a
deeper connection to where their food comes from.
It's more than a meal—it's an investment in
education, and hometown pride.

Dining Brochure
Dining Brochure Spanish

Menus

Branford Menus

Ala Carte Snack List

Easy-to-Access School Menus

School menus that are innovative, vibrant, and accessible!
The way you access school menus is changing, and we are sure you will love it! Branford Schools, in partnership with Chartwells K12, is now using Nutrislice to publish the school menus to a new interactive website and a free smartphone app! Now you can access your menus anywhere, anytime!

Now you can also:

See more information about menu items, including a photo and description.
Filter common food allergens like nuts, wheat, and dairy.
Translate your menus into a number of different languages.
Access nutrition information like carb counts and calories with just a few clicks!
Print a PDF version of the menus directly from the website, if you prefer.

Get started!

Please visit: branford.nutrislice.com

If you prefer to use the smartphone app, download School Lunch by Nutrislice from Google Play for Androids or the App Store for iPhones.

Using the website: Branfordschools.org

Select the grade level of your school.
Select the school menu you wish to view.
Once within the site, you will see the menu isinteractive.
If you hover over a food, you will be able to see animage and a description.

Using the app:

Select your state, followed by your school district.
Select the grade level, school, and then the schoolmenu you wish to view.
Once within the menu, you will be defaulted tothe current day. You can select a food to find its description.

Questions? Please contact:

Alfonso (Foe) Iaderosa,
Director of Dining Services, Chartwells
aiaderosa@branfordschools.org
203-315-7842

My School Bucks

How do I pay for a meal or these healthy snack options?
Each student is set up with a lunch account in the Nutri-Kids Point of Sale system based on your student’s ID number. There are several ways to add money to your child’s account:

1.MySchoolBucks: You may set up an account through a secure online website www.mySchoolBucks.com and pre-pay whatever dollar amount you choose. You may also make payment directly from your bank account. You will need your child’s name, student ID number and school zip code to set up an account on mySchoolBucks.com. You may call
your school office to obtain the student ID number. BPS will be covering all administrative costs related to credit card payments to the MySchoolBucks accounts through December 31st 2024, so it might be good to load up the account now.

2.Payment by Check: You may send in a check with your child or mail to the Chartwells Dining Services c/o Branford Schools, 185 East Main Street, Branford, CT 06405. Checks should be made payable to Branford School Lunch Program. Please put your child’s name in the memos ection of the check.

3.Cash Payments: Your child may use cash to add funds to his/her account. If using cash to add to an account, please indicate your child’s name and student ID number on the face of the envelope.

Newsletter

Branford Public Schools - December 2025 - Food Service News Letter

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BPS Food Advisory Council

The BPS Food Advisory Council made up of students, parents, teachers, administrators and food service staff, meets several times a year. Our objective is to provide programmatic feedback to enhance the dining service. Some of the achievements to date have included the transition away from polystyrene products, food waste/composting, input on special menus and services such as Global Eats, Mood Boost and Student Choice programs._

COMPOSTING PROGRAM
The district has embarked on a composting program in partnership with Blue Earth.