PCS helps support “Alternative Serving Areas” in South Carolina Districts – Lexington and Richland 5
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties - "Elementary School equivalent of Meals on Wheels" Last summer a food truck started to deliver lunch to 90 children in two apartment complexes when schools were out of session. The truck was converted from a mail truck to a "mobile Kitchen" that keeps the food at the needed temperatures. Now that schools are back in session, the food truck provides an alternative serving area at the school. Full...
Report On CSNA 63rd Annual Conference
This year's CSNA was the next best thing to Comic-Con. David Dittlinger and Judi Dugan liked Star Trek theme, but did not appear in costume :-( PCS was honored to be featured by our friends at Ontario Montclair in their awesome technology presentation. Their presentation was really entertaining, worthy of Hollywood, in addition to being informative! [caption id="attachment_5061" align="alignleft" width="300"] Judi with Adriane Robles & Ponciano Vidaurri from San Bernardino City Unified School District[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5060" align="alignleft"...
PCS Support Gains High Customer Satisfaction Rating
We are very pleased to report that for the months of August and September, our busiest months of the year, our customers gave PCS Support a very high "Customer Satisfaction" rating. The support team performed in an outstanding fashion resolving customer issues and assisting customers to get the year going on the right foot. In addition, there were fewer calls during August and September this year than last year, even though this year we have more customers. Our...
SNA of SC 62nd Annual Conference
The rains came down and our friends in South Carolina experienced historic flooding, as reported nationwide in all media outlets. But, the floods didn't stop the SNA of SC 62nd Annual Conference. We were proud to see the SC communities coming together to help each other out. Several of our own customers opened up their cafeterias and served meals to families who were displaced by the floods. At the conference in beautiful Myrtle Beach this year...
NYSNA 64th Annual Conference Report
Bhaumik Thaker attented this Year's NYSNA Conference and was happy to report that attendance was even better than last year. It was a pleasure getting together with some of our customers, Lisa Ostrowski from North Colonies Central Schools, Cathy Drumm from Hudson City School District & Linda Lee and Carlene Evans from Shenendehowa Central School District. The industry dinner and Breakfast was a great opportunity to meet new people on a more personal level. [caption id="attachment_4917"...
Customers in the News
Cafeteria nutrition a balancing act at Redlands schools (Redlands Unified School District, CA) Massachusetts Farm to School Project aids healthy eating in Tewksbury schools (Tewksbury Public Schools, MA) Faribault High School ranks highly in national healthy food challenge (Faribault Public Schools, MN)...
Customers in the News
Cincinnati Public Schools Implement Grab n' Go PCS' FASTrak POS helps speed the line "In addition to the Grab n' Go station, we have two reimbursable meal vending machines, connected to FASTrak, in each of the vending areas of the cafeteria. And this year we added more meal options in another area of the building to reduce overcrowding in the cafeteria, an additional five reimbursable meal vending machines and a PCS Net Cash Machine available to offer...
Tony Diers Marks his 20th Year at PCS
Tony Diers Director of Operations Last month Tony reached his 20 year anniversary at PCS. Starting out as a Jr. Support Technician, Tony took on any project offered to him, including some very large district installations involving 100's of schools. Known for his rapid wit and infectious sense of humor, he has always been able to find common ground with a wide range of customers and end users. As Director of Operations, Tony is responsible for overseeing...
SNAI 58th Annual Conference
At the SNAI Conference on June 23rd & 24th, Denise and Judi attended a wonderful dinner and a dance party on a boat. "Iowa knows how to have fun!" Denise commented. Sharing a beautiful sunset with our friends in Iowa only added to the experience. We missed our pals at Ottumwa Community School District, but it was really great to see our friends from Johnston Community School District. JCSD's Nutrition Services secretary, Cheryl Spring won...
NEW: TraKNOW Mobile Apps
The PCS Mobile initiative goes into full swing this year with Mobile Apps for TrakNOW and ReportNOW. In addition to the existing PayPAMS Apps for smartphones, ReportNOW Mobile Apps will provide reporting and data visualization for both TrakNOW back office and RightNOW front office information. The TrakNOW Mobile Apps include: * Inventory Adjustments * Physical Inventory Counts * Pick/Break/Spoil * Inventory Item Look Ups by name or code * Bar Code Scan option for the Item Lookup ReportNOW is a fully responsive...