Same URL...New Look and Layout!
Have you seen our new look? Our website got an upgrade over the summer as we joined the Iowa AEA family on the web. If you haven't already, we encourage you to take a look at our new space and become familiar with the new layout for contract and purchasing information. You can still find us at www.aeapurchasing.org!
AEA Purchasing Attends ITEC
If you attended ITEC in Des Moines earlier this week, we hope you took a few minutes to stop by our booth to learn all about the contracts in our technology purchasing program AND walk away with some pretty neat swag! If we missed you, have no fear -- all of our content is online! Check out our purchasing programs here and our list of vendor partners here. All vendors have been awarded through a formal, competitive bid process.
National School Lunch Week
October 9th - 13th was National School Lunch Week and school food service departments throughout Iowa got in the game with this year's theme of "Level Up. Trinity Lutheran School of Cedar Rapid's staff and students joined The Great Apple Crunch, sponsored by the Iowa Farm to School & Early Care Network. AEA Purchasing's Food Program consultants helped Trinity Lutheran staff level up that day by facilitating a culinary training class funded by the Make it Fresh with Culinary Training Sub-Grant. The class highlighted food safety, recipe standardization, culinary techniques, and the preparation and tasting of different variations of cheesy bacon grits (view class photos here). The cheesy bacon grits recipe is one of the 12 winning recipes from the Choose Iowa Student Culinary Competition held in 2021. We would love to hear and see what your school did to celebrate National School Lunch Week this year! Reach out to Barb Adams with your stories and photos.
Stay in Touch!
In order to serve you better, AEA Purchasing wants to make sure our news and contract updates are reaching the right people. To have staff added to our email distribution lists, please send Joni their contact information and we will add them to our communications.
Vendor Promotions
Click here to gain access to a shared Google Folder with brochures from our vendor partners. Content is added throughout the month. You can also find vendor promotions on our Vendor Promotions webpage.
