Salad Creations Partners with Kids LiveWell, The Initiative to Offer Healthful Options for Children!

Nov. 6, 2012 - PRLog -- (October 2012) When parents dine out, they are looking for healthier options for their kids and many restaurants already have them. The National Restaurant Association has teamed up with HealthyDining on Kids LiveWell, the new initiative that showcases the restaurant industry’s commitment to offer healthful options for children.

The National Restaurant Association launched the Kids LiveWell program in collaboration with Healthy Dining (http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/) to help parents and children select healthful menu options when dining out. Restaurants that participate in the voluntary program commit to offering healthful meal items for children, with a particular focus on increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, lean protein, whole grains and low-fat dairy, and limiting unhealthy fats, sugars and sodium.

The Kids LiveWell program benefits both restaurateurs and guests. Participating restaurants get third-party verification and promotional materials for qualified meals and individual menu items. Parents and caretakers get accurate information to help them make informed decisions about their child's meal.

Nearly 30,000 restaurant locations are part of Kids LiveWell. These restaurants offer their young guests a selection of Kids LiveWell choices. We look forward to announcing additional restaurants and menu options on a regular basis.

Restaurants that join Kids LiveWell agree to offer and promote a selection of items that meet qualifying nutrition criteria based on leading health organizations' scientific recommendations, including the 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines. Healthy Dining’s team of registered dietitians has worked with participating restaurants to identify and validate the menu choices that meet the Kids LiveWell criteria.

For restaurants that want to provide healthful options for kids, Kids LiveWell can help showcase your commitment by providing a flexible and turn-key program for verifying and promoting your qualified menu items. The Kids LiveWell initiative helps capitalize on the trend toward healthier dining and drives additional sales and traffic.

For more information about this partnership, please visit: http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/kidslivewell/salad_creations.

About Salad Creations: Salad Creations is an international restaurant chain operating since 2003, currently with 52 locations worldwide.  Salad Creations is recognized for their offering of made-to-order, great-tasting, fresh-chopped salads that are made in front of guests by a trained salad chef.  

Committed to supporting a better lifestyle, Salad Creations is dedicated to bettering the environment by offering sustainable, all-natural products and compostable products when possible.  The company's community efforts, as well as their pursuit for a sustainable future, are embodied in their mantra ‘Share Some Goodness.’  

To find out more about the company visit www.saladcreations.net, or find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SaladCreations.