National Food Service Management Institute
The University of Mississippi
Cooperative Purchasing for Child Nutrition Programs
Live and Interactive Teleconference
Presented: January 26, 1999
The purpose of this two-hour live and interactive teleconference is to discuss cooperative purchasing procedures for Child Nutrition Programs. This program will feature Marlene Gunn, R.D., author of First Choice, A Purchasing Systems Manual for School Food Service, and a panel including several child nutrition directors representing various purchasing cooperatives. Panelists will participate in the studio and from around the country via distance learning technology.
Participants in this teleconference will have an opportunity to lean about:
- identifying different types of purchasing cooperatives,
- forming a cooperative purchasing system,
- managing purchasing cooperatives, and
- maintaining communications within a purchasing cooperative.
Personnel interested in forming or learning more about cooperative purchasing groups:
- School district administrators
- Purchasing agents
- Food service directors/supervisors
- School business officials
- Participants of First Choice workshops
Participant Handouts (HTML format)
Participant Handouts (PDF)
Cooperative Procurement: Guidance for School Food Authorities (PDF) [published by Mountain Plains Regional Office, FCS, CNP]
Graphics from teleconference
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