Location: Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, Palmer, AK

Square Footage: 17,000

Market Segment: Education: K-12 / Colleges & Universities

Stafford Design Group was involved in the design of a new central kitchen for a growing school district in Alaska. The district was looking for a design that allowed them to grow from 8,000 meals per day to close to 18,000 meals per day in 20 years. The school district is very large geographically and food is being delivered to schools as far away as 90 miles. The facility has a cook-chill system, centralized bakery, packaging area and warehousing for food and dry products. After construction was complete, the manufacturers were on site providing extensive training on the major systems and SDG provided supplemental start-up and implementation services to assist the owner with day to day operation of the facility.

Related Projects: Stafford Design Group has designed over 30 large commissary facilities.