Flik International Corporation is the exclusive foodservice provider at Ramaz and provides students with a nutritious, well-balanced lunch. Menus are developed specifically for Ramaz and are modified every six weeks to reflect seasonal availability, holidays and special events. All menus are reviewed by a Nutrition Specialist to ensure proper nutritional value. The Lower School provides lunch and two snacks daily. Lunch is served cafeteria style in the third floor lunchroom. Snacks are served in the classrooms. The menus for each month are sent home at the beginning of the month.
Daily Lunch Menu
- Every day the lunch menu includes:
Soup
Salad
Featured entrée
Starch
Vegetables
Dessert
Beverage - juice or milk (on dairy days)
- A meat lunch is served on Wednesday
Daily Lunch Alternatives
- Salad bar includes a variety of vegetables, dressings, hard boiled eggs, flaked tuna, yogurt and cottage cheese on dairy days
- Fruit bar includes a variety of cut and whole fresh fruits
- Sandwich bar includes breads, bagels, soy nut butter, jelly, egg, tuna
Daily Snacks
- Students are given a daily morning and afternoon snack in the classroom
- Snacks consist of a beverage and a healthy food (fruit, crackers and cheese on dairy days)
Nutritional Information
- A minimal amount of fat is used in the sautéed, grilled and roasted food; canola or olive oil is used exclusively
- Meats are graded choice or its equivalent; hamburgers are made from 80% lean ground beef
- Vegetables are fresh with the exception of peas and corn; canned vegetables are not served
- Tuna is solid white and packed in water
- Skim milk is used in place of cream in soups and sauces
- Egg, tuna and other salads are prepared fresh daily
- Breads, bagels and rolls are baked fresh daily