Food Service

Making meals equally nutritious and delicious.

The Nutrition Group excels in food. After all, it’s in our name. But there are so many other ways we can benefit your facilities.

Our passions are simple: people, food and nutrition. They drive our ability to serve a healthy meal to everyone. From sales representatives to our dietitians, our team works together to customize menus and deliver fresh meals. Our precise planning and relentless research create the taste, nutrition and budget everyone craves.

We can work with cafeteria and kitchen employees or help you with staffing. Whether your employees are on your payroll or ours, they can feel confident knowing that they are treated well and have fulfilling jobs. Scroll below to get a sense for everything we can offer to your organization.

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Menu Approach

Creating the perfect menu for your organization is a science within itself. Across The Nutrition Group, we strive to stay on trend and tailor each menu to breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time. There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach, as our menu-building process proves.

  • Our chefs and operations specialists collaborate to develop recipes that reflect market trends and tastes.
  • Our purchasing department builds close relationships with vendors and works with our dietitians to research individual products.
  • Our management team continuously consults with our dietitians to determine what fits our wide range of menu offerings.
  • Our food service directors teach kitchen staff to produce products in an optimal manner.
  • Our customers are involved in taste tests to provide feedback.

  • Our menus are published to Nutrislice and feature nutritional and allergen information. Parents and students can check their specific school menus and submit real-time feedback via the Nutrislice mobile app or website.

A Focus on Wellness

Working with our dietitians, we provide fresh and trusted name-brand products through reputable, long-term vendors who share our impeccable standards. We strictly adhere to all federal, state, district and ethical guidelines and regulations. As well as industry standards, such as HACCP, Right to Know and OSHA. We are also committed to preserving our environment by employing many sustainable practices throughout our cafeterias and kitchens. 

We can also work with healthcare professionals in your school district or senior center. We are always going to make time to discuss nutritional values and special dietary needs with executive management teams and school boards to ensure that every person is fed well. 

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Management Solutions

Partnering with us gives you access to our management solutions team. This well-trained network of educated and qualified individuals spans multiple disciplines, from registered dietitians to marketing experts. You will feel confident about your food service program. By working as a team, we provide necessary support across a broad spectrum of needs, delivering the very best in meal planning and service.

Nutrition Education Programs

One of our main focuses at The Nutrition Group is educating students and schools on the value of nutrition. This is especially important for our younger audiences, as we want to build healthy habits early. We offer many nutrition education programs within classrooms, daycares or camps to help children learn the importance of eating right.

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Irwin, PA 15642
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Employee Resources

Ed Caswell

CEO, Majority Owner

Ed stands by a solid brand promise: “At The Nutrition Group, we try to do exactly what we say we will do. No surprises. Guaranteed.”

The Nutrition Group began when Walter McGrew and Ed Caswell purchased a small division of Potter McCune in June of 1975. Walter needed someone that would help grow Nutrition Inc. Providentially, Ed was in the right place at the right time. Walter offered him the opportunity to help grow the new business along with a share of the company. Ed enthusiastically accepted and became Vice President. The early years were characterized by transition, from a volume-based commissary operation to bid-based contract catering and then to contract food service management.

As with any successful business, many hours were invested, much experimentation was tried and many lessons were learned. The main key to early success was hiring quality, team-oriented management personnel and nourishing and encouraging their personal and professional growth.

Mr. McGrew retired in the early 1980’s and divested his interest to Ed in 1991. The leveraged buyout necessitated creative capitalization beyond bank financing. As it turned out, the idea to sell stock to key management personnel remains a powerful component in the company’s success. This has allowed The Nutrition Group to maximize growth opportunities and improve operational capabilities. Being an actively involved owner of the company is energizing, it lights the fire of pride and commitment because it is personal.

The Nutrition Group has enjoyed continual growth guided by their top management leadership team, which has been another hallmark throughout the years of our management philosophy: a strong, dedicated and focused top management team. The corporation has developed teamwork structures and principles within all levels of our business and closely monitors and supervises daily implementation and progress.

Ed’s customer-first philosophy that fueled company growth from the beginning is still the driving principle today. The employees of The Nutrition Group embrace that philosophy in all that they do. Today, The Nutrition Group serves over 240 school districts across six states and has a Commissary Division serving daycare and Head Start children, Senior Centers and Healthcare facilities. Also, the Facilities Management Services division provides custodial maintenance management, capital project management and owner’s representative services.

Ed’s parents and grandparents passed on their entrepreneurial beliefs. He was raised in a business household. He is grateful to Mr. McGrew his first partner and business mentor. He is grateful to God, his wives, family, the many “Nutritionites”, customers, vendors and outside sources of inspiration – all of which helped him to grow and develop into the person God has graced him to be. Ed believes, “We grow more through our hardships than blessings, but we are grateful for both.” He is a man of faith whose resourcefulness, perseverance and leadership helped build The Nutrition Group.

The integrity and commitment of The Nutrition Group business model, focusing on trying to consistently please the customer and sincerely attempting to do what we say we are going to do, is what sets us apart from the competition.