Programs

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP)

Royal offers more than ten years managing a very successful Federal Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP).

Download "Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program" (pdf)

Since 2007, Royal has worked with schools on the Federal Fruit and Vegetable Grant Program (FFVP). We have served as many as 65 FFVP schools since we began. During that time, we introduced students to Cuties™, red bananas, star fruit, rambutan, dragon fruit, cara cara oranges, muscadines and many other interesting and exciting produce products.

We also offer a wide variety of pre-packaged, individually wrapped items such as Pineapple Pals™, watermelon radishes, papaya chunks, jicama sticks and more in support of the FFVP program. You can have almost any product you like packaged in ½ cup servings through our fresh-cut division, FreshSense Foods!

Local produce items from Southeastern Georgia such as blackberries, blueberries, necatarines, strawberries, mandarins, peaches, cantaloupes, watermelon, beets, carrots, collard greens, kale, Vidalia™ onions, and sweet potatoes have also been introduced.

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Farm-to-School

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Royal was one of the first produce distributors to introduce locally-grown produce to Georgia schools. Our School Specialists will work with your staff to inform them of new local produce and the produce that is currently being harvested. We give our School Districts access to our website so they can print from online "farm bios" and our "Local List" publication giving the origin of produce items from our local growing region. Farm bios can be printed and distributed to students to help them appreciate where produce comes from. In support of Farm-to-School, we also send out regular newsletters about farm and market conditions, recall alerts when necessary, and specialties that work well in school cafeterias. 

Before the start of the school year, we will meet with you and your staff in order to create a locally grown produce calendar with the specific products that you will be ordering, by month.  A minimum of two commodities will be listed in case there is a crop failure due to weather or other natural disaster.

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Georgia SHAPE

Georgia SHAPE is an exciting initiative to improve Georgia's future, beginning with our state's most vital and important asset: our young people. We know all children can benefit from knowledge of their current health-related fitness levels, along with a capacity to develop and implement strategies for personal improvement. Read more about Georgia SHAPE.

 

On-site Product Demos & Samples

We can arrange to meet with you and your staff, or, in some cases, invite produce vendors to demonstrate new products, product applications, leave samples, share recipes and other cooking ideas, and answer your questions. Please contact us if interested.

 

Merchandising Support

To support you in sharing the messages of the local food and sustainability movement, we offer a variety of items such as bios about our farmers, fliers, availability charts, attention-getting posters, and giveaways. Please contact us if interested.

 

Greener Fields Together

Greener Fields Together

Royal Food Service, as a PRO*ACT distributor, supports Greener Fields Together, a groundbreaking, industry-wide sustainability program for the entire produce value chain. It was created and is administered by PRO*ACT and will be run by PRO*ACT and its national network of independently-owned local purveyors. As a formalized, stand-alone program, Greener Fields Together engages and involves farmers, distributors, foodservice operators and retail locations in efforts to work toward safer produce from seed to fork.

Greener Fields Together has two primary goals: To implement sustainability practices that will improve environmental impact, and, to ensure the availability and safety of produce for foodservice and retail partners in all industry segments.

Greener Fields Together is a program for all supply chain partners, including local, regional and national farmers, PRO*ACT distributors, commercial and noncommercial foodservice customers and retail locations.

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Sustainability

Our vision is to provide long term sustainability throughout the produce supply chain. The goal is to strive for continual improvement, looking for opportunities that lessen our impact on the environment, make Royal a great place to work, and contribute to the betterment of our community. 

Royal has a full single-stream recycling program in place recycling all office paper, plastics, glass, and other recyclable materials. Recycling containers are located in each office and throughout the facility to encourage participation in reducing the amount of waste sent to the landfill. All cardboard is baled and sent to a recycling facility. Royal recycles all of its cardboard packaging, diverting 90 tons of cardboard form the landfill each year.

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Food Safety

Your brand is your most valuable asset. Royal and PRO*ACT are doing everything possible to ensure your produce is safe:

• Third-party inspections of fields and growers' facilities

• GAP verification of local farmers
• Maintaining the cold chain from the field to the distribution center.
• Employing a comprehensive traceability system with written, regularly-tested recall procedures in place
• Employing a food scientist in the California growing areas who leads the entire process
• Food safety programs, training and manuals: "Foodservice Supplier Guidelines" and "Distributor Food Safety Program"

Food Safety Commitment Letter

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Community Outreach

Royal Food Service is family owned and operated. The owners are involved in the day-to-day operations of the company. They value family, not just their own family, but the Royal family, their employees' families, and our extended human family. This means that everybody is someone that Royal cares about. We do not like to see good people going without food. We offer what we can to help out. Below are some of the food pantries and organizations that Royal supports to help bring underserved people in our communities a little more hope than they might otherwise have.

Local food banks and pantries

• Atlanta We Care
• Hosea Feed the Hungry
• Atlanta Food Bank
• Seven Bridges to Recovery, and others

Organizations committed to helping those in need

• Annual Toys for Tots Program through the U.S. Marines
• AGAPE Youth and Family Center to help Atlanta area youth achieve higher potential
• The Giving Kitchen

Donations that support worthy organizations

• United Cerebral Palsy
• Share Our Strength
• YMCA of Atlanta
• Bike MS
• United Methodist Church

Involvement in programs that improve childhood nutrition

• Governor's Council on Childhood Obesity – to help develop and bring together community and business leaders to help create a culture in Georgia that improves K-12 nutritional diet.
• Georgia Organics – to promote organic farming, locally grown produce, and farm to school.
• Georgia Grown – to help promotes Georgia grown products, farm-to-school, and assist in developing the product availability chart each year and recommend which products should be featured each month. 
• Georgia School Nutrition Association - current member
• National School Nutrition Association – current member