With most kids returning back to school now or in the next couple of weeks, busy parents are stressing about their long to-do lists for ensuring the year gets off to a good start.
Let us help! One of those daily to-do items for many parents is packing their children’s lunches or making sure the pantry is stocked with easy options for after school.
We’re America’s food union, and the hardworking men and women of the UFCW make, process, and package lots of great staples that are both tasty and easy to prepare. We’ve got a few UFCW-made lunch menu and snack ideas to help make your kids’ school year one of the best yet!
Breakfast:
- various post cereals (Local 374)
- Yoplait yogurts (Local 386)
- Quaker foods: Life cereals, Oatmeal, Instant oats, Cap’n Crunch cereals, Aunt Jemima syrup (Local 110 )
Sandwiches:
Simple Sliced Chicken
- French’s mustard (Local 2)
- Heinz ketchup (Local 75)
- Tyson chicken (Local 2008)
- Heinz (Local 705) or Vlasic pickles (Local 87)
Classic Bologna or Turkey and Cheese
- Oscar Mayer products (Local 17A)
- Hoffman’s bologna, Honest John bologna/turkey and cheeses (Local 1)
Peanut butter and jelly
- Peter Pan peanut butter – smooth, crunchy, and honey roasted (Local 1996 and Local 38)
- Welch’s food jams and jellies (Local 1)
Heat and Go
- Chef Boyardee products (Local 38)
- Campbell’s Soup (Local 75)
Ready Made
- Kraft Lunchables (Local 17A)
Applesauce
- Knouse foods: Lucky Leaf applesauce and Musselman’s Applesauce (Local 1776)
- Mott’s applesauce (Local 220)
Snacks and sides:
- Wise Chips: Natural, Sour Cream and Onion, Jalapeno, BBQ, Honey BBQ, Dill , Salt and Vinegar, Onion and Garlic (Local 1776)
- Wise Popcorn: Cheddar, White, Butter (Local 1776)
- Orville Redenbacher products (Local 38)
- Wise Onion Rings: Grilled Steak and Onion, Regular (Local 1776)
- Wise Cheez Doodles (Local 1776)
- Totinos pizza and pizza rolls (Local 1059)
- Kelloggs Cheez-its Crackers (Local 184L)
- Jell-o (Local 152 and Local 17A)
- Breakstones cottage cheese (Local 1)
Drinks
- Knouse juice, Speas Apple Juice (Local 1776)
- Welch’s Fruit drinks (Local 825)
- Snapple products (Local 220)
- V8 juice (Local 75)