Welcome to Food and Nutrition Services!

Free Lunch Program Remaining at 82 Schools in 2024-25

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a school meal funding option from USDA that enables a school to provide free meals to all students, without the necessity of completing applications for individual eligibility. CEP status is determined by the percentage of students from households receiving public benefits.

This is the second year in which CEP in South Carolina was expanded to include students who receive Medicaid benefits, which enabled 82 GCS schools to continue to qualify for the 2024-25 school year. There is a four-year eligibility guarantee, which means the 82 schools may remain in the program at least through the 2026-27 school year as not all schools were re-grouped.

All GCS schools currently offer free breakfast. For the 2024-25 school year, every school in the district EXCEPT the following will be CEP schools, offering free lunches to all students:

• Augusta Circle Elementary
• Bell's Crossing Elementary
• Buena Vista Elementary
• Mauldin High
• Monarch Elementary
• Oakview Elementary
• Pelham Road Elementary
• Riverside High
• Riverside Middle
• Rudolph Gordon School
• Stone Academy

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Our Vision:

To be an exemplary, continuously improving school food service organization that provides students the highest quality, nutritious school meals possible to support their academic success and promote healthy lifestyles.

Our Mission:

We serve the highest quality school meals, following the strictest food safety practices, providing students the nutrition necessary for success in the classroom while teaching them good eating habits that will promote a lifetime of good health.

Our Beliefs:

We believe...

• Our students deserve the highest quality, nutritious school meals possible.
• Students learn best when they are properly nourished.
• We have the power to positively impact the lives of the students we serve.
• Integrity and Ethics must lead our decision making process.
• Effective Leadership is critical for organizational success
• Employees that are valued produce the best results. 
• Nutrition education is the shared responsibility of home, school and community. 

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The Food and Nutrition Services department is the largest school foodservice program in South Carolina and the 44th largest in the United States. Our 750 highly trained and dedicated foodservice professionals serve over 15 million nutritious and delicious school meals each year to over 78,000 Greenville County Schools students in 100 school facilities and special centers. 

Wondering what it would be like to work for GCS Food Service? Check out the video below and see what we do on a daily basis! 
Day in the Life of a Food Service Operator

 All schools serve breakfast and lunch on a daily basis.
After school snacks are also provided at several locations.

Click the link to view our Charged Meals Policy The purpose of the procedure for charged meals is to establish the guidelines for students who do not have funds to pay for meals.