"The program has made a believer out of me"

As a cafeteria manager, I am always looking for ways to both stretch my dollars and attract students to the cafeteria, using the Foodservice Rewards program has enabled me to achieve both of my goals painlessly. Because I can use high quality items and get free merchandise to use in the cafeteria (so far I’ve received volleyballs, soccer balls and Etch-a-Sketch items to use as giveaways and it was all FREE!!)

I cannot say enough good things about this program. The first time I heard about it I was a little leery because it sounded too good to be true, but everything they said it would do, it does! Easily, painlessly and with very little effort on my part. The Web site takes you through everything you want to do step by step and you won’t get lost!

The Foodservice Rewards program has made a real believer out of me and the kids in our district are really glad that I participate in it. They can’t wait to see what the next prizes will be!

Diana Gonzalez-Sumpter
Cafeteria Manager
Morenci Unified School District #18, Morenci, AZ

Website Makeover

Meet Deb Klingberg, one of the many members of the Quality Assurance team who helped prepare the new Foodservice Rewards website for launch.

Dozens of user interviews, hundreds of hours of QA, thousands of hours of development, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were invested in this makeover. Improvements as a result of operator/user interviews and feedback include:

A dynamic "My Promotions" page showing each member promotions for which they are eligible. (My Promotions change on an operator-by-operator basis depending on date, segment, ownership type, and buyer/non-buyer criteria - see: Country Selection > My Promotions). Improved navigation, enhanced code scanning, mail-in options, and more chronicled in this "before & after" are part of the industrious enhancement effort.

We welcome your comments and will even send a $25 iTunes gift card for the best bug found or suggestion submitted.

Program improvements for the New Year

This update highlights program improvements for '07:

- No cost to participate in the bimonthly eNewsletter!
- Redesigned Website!
- More banner ads!
- New promotion type!

As always, please contact John Neupauer or Sandy Younger with questions, comments & suggestions.

Foodservice.com Expanded Partnership

Our partnership with Foodservice.com is growing: See the new Foodservice Rewards primary navigation button on their home page. Dave Smania, Founder, will be joining us at the November sponsor meeting to highlight other benefits of the expanded partnership including the ability to rotate your Foodservice Rewards promotion banners through their site for increased operator exposure at no additional charge.

Don't forget to update your website

Take a moment to update your website and advertising with the new, yellow foodservice rewards bug as Basic American Foods has done on their home page. Just point your webmaster to the updated Foodservice Rewards brand standards guide.

Free scanners at 1,000th code?

"You don’t track invoices with Foodservice Rewards®," says Chef Michial Neal of Lynchburg College, "so it’s easier to earn rewards than with other redemption offers."

Operators enter Reward Codes individually or in groups of ten. They also mail them in - we've made it easy, allowing members to print a personalized mailing label with one click. Bar code scanners are also becoming an increasingly popular method of code entry.

We're considering providing scanners automatically to operators who've entered their thousandth code. Comments?

Want to drive more operators to your website?

Create a link to your website like this example from Hormel. Foodservice Rewards' 58,000 members visit an average of 1.5 times per week delivering an unprecedented opportunity to register them directly at your site.

Chinese New Year Promotion

See Schwan's clever Chinese New Year promotion in this week's Foodservice Rewards newsletter. With over 60,000 operator visits per month (the average operator visits www.foodservicerewards.com 1.5 times per week) driving traffic to a micro-site is a terrific tool to educate customers about your brands.

Latest website improvements

Wanted to bring to your attention several website updates:

See the updated Country Selection page, the revised How It Works page (including testimonials!) and the updated Join Free pages.