Senior Center Management

Keeping seniors active at any age.

While we proudly provide food service for seniors, we also offer comprehensive and convenient Senior Center Management. We come in and transform the center into an exciting, fun place for seniors to be active and social. The goal of our programs is for seniors to maintain independence, participate in the community, and receive the nutritious meals they need.

Our team will work with you to decide which of our services are best suited for your center. We can help to:

Manage the total operation of the senior center
Prepare and serve nutritious, delicious meals on-site
Provide nutrition education
Hold “Senior Games” in conjunction with government regulations on senior fitness
Host a wide variety of fun social activities that help keep residents engaged and interested

Our Senior Center Management services weave together the following goals.

Keeping Seniors Healthy

Our dietitians work endlessly to ensure the highest standards of quality, nutritional value and appealing choices for our seniors. We provide a well-balanced diet and take into consideration special dietary and medical needs when it’s needed.

Keeping Seniors Social

Just like a well-rounded diet, having social interaction is key to the happiness of aging seniors. Our events that range from entertainment to education provide opportunities for seniors to socialize with others and feel good about themselves.

Keeping Seniors Active

Much like our social events, our exercise activities allow seniors to meet others while maintaining their health. We feel as though it is not just nutritious meals that provide a balanced lifestyle, but rather a completely holistic approach to health that includes exercise for the body and mind.

Keeping Seniors Supported

We know that mobility can become difficult for some seniors. Our home delivery services allow us to bring warm meals to seniors that aren’t able to get around easily. Depending on the individual, we can also deliver frozen and shelf-stable meals that last several days.

We view our home delivered meal program quite simply. We must deliver a hot meal to every client every day, regardless of what impediments may occur at any given time. We have quickly learned that The Nutrition Group takes this responsibility just as seriously as we do and that gives us tremendous confidence.

The Nutrition Group consistently seeks feedback from staff and consumers and is always open to considering new food choices and innovative approaches to attract the younger senior population.

No matter what you need, we’re here to help.

When it comes to food services and management of your facilities, we can do just about anything to support you and your customers. Reach out today so we can talk about how we can help.

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.