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What You Need To Know: November 2013

 Oct. 30, 2013

This month: all-beef burgers are booted in Fairfax schools, guacamole and chips are a hit at Northwestern University, Metz's Live Well program adds whole grains into its concept and more.

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UMass goes all in on health with dining renovation

 Oct. 30, 2013

When you set out to create the healthiest and most sustainable dining hall in the nation, you’d better do your best to deliver.

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Emerging Trends: November 2013

Oct. 25, 2013

This month: 524 schools that have dropped out of the National School Lunch Program, opportunist eaters, the cost of children's food allergies in the United States and more.

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Baked good for you

By Marygrace Taylor on Oct. 25, 2013

Sugar, butter and white flour are the core ingredients for most baked goods. In an effort to make breads, muffins and pastries healthier, non-commercial operators are swapping in better-for-you options for these three ingredients.  

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Customer and employee wellness programs

Oct. 24, 2013

Nutritional and healthy eating material is the No. 1 type of information that operators provide in their employee wellness programs, according to The Big Picture.

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What You Need To Know: October 2013

Oct. 21, 2013

This month, Color My Tray promotes vegetable consumption, Aramark launches Healthy for Life Program, Western Michigan moves to neighborhoods and more.

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New menu allows residents more flexibility

By Megan Warmouth on Oct. 17, 2013

In order to improve resident opinion of dining services, as well as resident health, Doug Taggart, administrator at the 82-resident Arlington Residence and Rehabilitation Center, in Texas, implemented a fresh approach. 

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Operators not sold on stealth health

Oct. 17, 2013

Half of operators are not familiar with stealth health, according to The Big Picture.

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Healthy Foods Sell in Brooklyn Hospital

Oct. 07, 2013

A renovation at Brooklyn Hospital Center, in New York, is demonstrating—so far, at least—that healthy foods can sell. The Brooklyn Hospital Center collaborated with Dallas, Pa.-based Metz Culinary Management to renovate its servery and dining

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Building a Better Breakfast Program

By Michele Deppe on Oct. 07, 2013

When it comes to promoting the morning meal, creative solutions can be found in large revamps or small strategies. This month FSD talked with six operators to find out what they’ve done to sell breakfast. 

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