1. Post RFP and Catering Update
Atlantis Valley Foods – upon board approval – starting Sept 1 – we plan to have them
service Oregon, Fitchburg, Stoughton, McFarland, Cambridge, and in Madison –the
Romnes Apartments, Madison Senior Center, Messiah Lutheran Church, Warner Park
Recreation Center, Meadowridge Commons, and Good Shepherd Church. This is a large
service area, so we knew we needed a large caterer and that’s exactly who Atlantis Valley
Foods is. They are a locally owned and operated, for-profit food service contractor based
in Cottage Grove. They have a gigantic commercial kitchen and lots of available human
resource support (A minimum of 6 individuals available to work with accounts). They
serve customers across Southern Wisconsin, including metro Milwaukee and Northern
Illinois. They provide all forms of employee food service including Micro-Markets,
Contract Cafeteria/Dining, Catering, Office Coffee, Vending, and other related services
for businesses and institutions. Atlantis Valley Foods produces upwards of 30,000 fresh
food offerings and entrees per week supplying fresh food to their Micro-Markets and
dining operations throughout their territory. Atlantis Valley Foods currently services over
350 Micro-Markets across our region and operate a distribution network of over 50
delivery vehicles.
Main Street Market Piggly Wiggly in Belleville will service the Sugar River Senior Center.
We plan to have them start August 1st. Since this is a smaller contract, we’re not waiting
on any board approval, but instead we’re waiting on the contract to be finalized and then
sent to Piggly Wiggly for their review and sign-off. Upon touring their full service
supermarket, catering department, kitchen, deli, storage, fridge, and freezer space –
they have everything necessary to successfully provide meals for the Sugar River Senior
Center. The owners if this store, also own stores in Lodi, Waunakee, and Poynette, and
receive store deliveries from the Piggly Wiggly Midwest warehouse and other various
vendors several times a week, making supply chain issues minimal. The store owners
and staff are so excited to be partnering with Senior Nutrition – they are passionate about
serving quality, enjoyable meals to older adults.
TnT’s Catering in Middleton will service the Middleton Senior Center and Mount Horeb
Senior Center. Plan is to start August 1st. Again, this is a smaller contract, so we’re not
waiting on any board approval, but just waiting on the contract to be finalized, and then
sent to TNT Catering to review and sign off. TNT Catering has been handling meals for
many older adult programs – they’ve provided meals for senior apartments in Middleton,
Madison, Verona, Fitchburg, and McFarland for many years for their holidays and special
events. They’ve been providing meals for The Beacon, homeless shelter, home delivered
meals for the Verona Senior Center since 2020, and just recently helped out SSM Health
during their emergency time of need after losing a caterer, and were providing home
delivered meals for a section of Madison. They have plenty of experience, space, and
staff to service these two senior centers.
NWDSS partnering with Lancaster’s Piggly Wiggly in Cross Plains – they just started
June 1. They are very excited to be partnering with a local store and are working together
to make this a success.
2. Dietitian Program Update
