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Foodservice Operation of the Month

CU Boulder: Taking tech to the next level

University of Colorado at Boulder is using tech to transform its dining program from the ground up. 

Steal This Idea

Redefine labor woes

Sanford USD Medical Center is no longer short staffed, ever. On a given day, missing two team members from a team of 50 would leave them 96% staffed.

The nonprofit features service workers on college campuses in man-on-the-street-style Facebook interviews.

Hiring managers share their secrets to weeding out short-cycle recruits. 

Read on for stealable staffing, menu and operations ideas.

Throughout this issue, we’ve highlighted stealable ideas in all realms of noncommercial foodservice, from protein-focused sides to legalized marijuana.

So-called fringe benefits such as paid sick and parental leave are anything but fringe in 2017. This year, jurisdictions are enacting medical and family leave laws.

Although today’s noncommercial industry is almost unrecognizable compared to the business of yore, there is always room for improvement. 

Here’s a very short list of things that inspire University of Illinois FSD Dawn Aubrey: triple-point chemistry, the founding fathers, black currants, invasive species and international cuisine.

When it comes to fostering engagement in sustainability efforts, you can step up and do the work, or wait for it to happen to you, says Keith Soster.

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