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Cafeteria workers join demonstration demanding higher wages

 Nov. 18, 2014

Foodservice workers belonging to the Service Employers Union International protested their current financial arrangements with the school district of Newark, N.J.

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N.Y. district finds unpaid lunch bills extraordinarily high this year

 Nov. 18, 2014

The Potsdam Central school district is trying to determine how it can collect $5,000 from parents who ignore the charges rung up by their children.

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California orders schools to spend more on lunch

Nov. 14, 2014

The state Department of Education has directed 68 schools to spend all of the funds that have been provided by the state and federal agencies.

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Luby’s contract operations generate double-digit revenue growth

Nov. 13, 2014

The foodservice management division of the Luby’s cafeteria company boosted revenues for the fiscal year ended Aug. 27 by 11.4 percent, to $18.6 million, the company announced.

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School district can't use excess lunch money for warehouse, USDA rules

Nov. 10, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a request by the School Department to use surplus funds in the school lunch program to purchase a new food warehouse in the goal of expanding space and cost savings.

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Cooking classes for students

Nov. 06, 2014

During National Nutrition Month, we hosted a series of four cooking classes for students called In the Kitchen.

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Strike ends at Oregon hospital

Nov. 03, 2014

More than 300 McKenzie-­Willamette Medical Center workers returned to work Friday after a three-day strike protesting pay, working conditions and proposed increases to employee health care costs.

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Bowdoin College offers incentive to recover “stolen” tableware

Nov. 03, 2014

Each academic year, Bowdoin Dining Services loses roughly 960 knives, 1800 forks, 2400 spoons, 800 mugs and 1500 cups.

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Ohio county commissioners to rebid prison foodservice contract

Nov. 03, 2014

Richland County Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to re-bid a food service contract for the county jail, juvenile detention and the Community Alternative Center just two months after accepting the bid for a new contract with a Florida-based firm.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks builds for the future with public-private partnership

Oct. 30, 2014

The new addition to the Wood Center on the University of Alaska’s Fairbanks campus was a long time coming.

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