Blake Oldham
— PantryTec COO & Senior Care Operations Leader

Blake Oldham leads PantryTec as COO, overseeing dietitian-approved cycle menu delivery for senior care facilities. Learn about his role and expertise.

Who Is Blake Oldham and What Is His Role at PantryTec?

PantryTec subscription plans range from $15/mo (Starter) to $40/mo (Premier), according to PantryTec’s published pricing. Blake Oldham serves as PantryTec’s Chief Operating Officer, directing daily operations behind dietitian-approved cycle menu delivery for senior care facilities across the United States. PantryTec’s menu system draws from a curated database of over 40,000 recipes spanning regular, therapeutic, and texture-modified diet categories. Blake Oldham manages the end-to-end workflow — recipe selection, Registered Dietitian review, and weekly PDF delivery to each subscribing facility. CMS §483.60 regulations require skilled nursing facilities to provide food service meeting each resident’s nutritional needs. Blake Oldham ensures PantryTec’s systems satisfy these standards through structured 10-week rotating cycles covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Each cycle includes an RD Approval Letter, eliminating the $750–$1,500 monthly cost of external dietitian consulting. Based on PantryTec data.

COO Responsibilities at PantryTec

Blake Oldham coordinates vendor relationships, oversees the RD menu review process, and manages facility onboarding. PantryTec’s onboarding includes census-based menu customization and cook-to-census instructions. Facilities following cook-to-census guidelines see a 12% average reduction in food costs. Based on data.

Managed healthtech operations for 500+ clients. Learn more about Blake Oldham — PantryTec Chief Operating Officer.

What Experience Does Blake Oldham Bring to Senior Care Food Service?

The Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals (ANFP) reports that skilled dietary managers reduce food cost overruns by an average of 18%. Blake Oldham brings operational expertise in senior care food service, having built PantryTec’s systems for managing therapeutic diet workflows across diabetic, renal, cardiac, and IDDSI texture-modified menu categories. Blake Oldham applies this principle through PantryTec’s wholesale price comparison tool, which cross-references pricing from Sysco, US Foods, Walmart, and Amazon for each ingredient. PantryTec’s inventory tracking system monitors usage against menu plans and past receipts, targeting 30–40% waste reduction per facility. Standard wisdom says senior care facilities need complex software to manage therapeutic diets — PantryTec’s print-and-post model proves otherwise, delivering compliant menus without requiring kitchen staff to learn any platform. You can explore PantryTec’s mission in senior care nutrition for the full story behind this approach.

Food Service Operations Expertise

Blake Oldham, PantryTec’s Co-Founder, notes that Blake’s focus on measurable outcomes shapes how PantryTec serves facilities of every size. Delivery accuracy, recipe database expansion to 40,000+ entries, and facility satisfaction scores all fall under Blake Oldham’s operational scope. A scenario the team encounters regularly is small facilities (6–16 beds) spending $750–$1,500/mo on external RD consulting for menu signatures alone — Blake Oldham helped build the system that replaces that cost with a $15/mo subscription.

Developed proprietary methodology for dietitian-approved cycle menus for assisted living facilities. We cover this in detail in our about PantryTec’s mission in senior care nutrition guide.

PantryTec Onboarding

Schedule a Consultation with Blake Oldham

Get started with dietitian-approved cycle menus for your senior care facility. Fill out the form below and our team will reach out to customize your onboarding.

Facility Name *

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Contact Name *

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Email Address *

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Phone Number

Bed Count *

Used for census-based menu customization

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Interested Plan Help me choose Starter — $15/mo Standard — $25/mo Premier — $40/mo

Current Menu Situation * Select your current situation… No formal menu system in place Using outdated or non-rotating menus Currently paying an external RD ($750–$1,500/mo) Internal staff creating menus (no RD approval) Using another menu service provider Recent state survey compliance concerns New facility — need menus from scratch

Please select your current menu situation.

Diet Types Needed

PantryTec covers regular, therapeutic, and texture-modified diets from 40,000+ recipes

Preferred Consultation Time * Select a time… Morning (9 AM – 12 PM ET) Afternoon (12 PM – 3 PM ET) Late Afternoon (3 PM – 5 PM ET) I’m Flexible

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Timeline ASAP — Need menus now Within 1–2 weeks Within a month Just exploring options

Additional Notes

Estimated Savings with PantryTec

External RD consulting (avg.) $1,125/mo

PantryTec plan cost $15–$40/mo

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Estimated monthly savings $1,085–$1,110/mo

Food cost reduction (cook-to-census) ~12%

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Request Consultation with Blake Oldham

Your information is sent directly to PantryTec’s onboarding team. Includes RD Approval Letter with all plans. Serving 500+ senior care facilities nationwide.

Consultation Request Submitted!

Blake Oldham’s team at PantryTec will reach out within 1 business day to schedule your personalized onboarding consultation.

Expect a confirmation email shortly. Your 10-week rotating cycle menu journey starts here.