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We had a small area that sold self-serve yogurt. Sales were great for the first year and then began to slide as most self-serve yogurt shops have done this past year or so.

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In the elementary schools our participation has dropped the last few semesters due to the changing USDA regulations. In order to draw up more interest, as well as business, we not only sell second entrées to students, but we also sell yogurt, string cheese, milk and sparkling juice.

Having trouble building sales of that new menu item? Try including more descriptive labels, says a recent report from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y.

A three-channel look at how retailers are battling carbonated soft drinks' decline.

When Homestead Village decided to enlarge its main dining room, it took the opportunity to meld the desires of two cultures.

The university started small by adding five or six local and organic items to the salad bar.

Despite the fact that students drove implementation of the program, Meatless Mondays was less than successful at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

Rapid City Area Schools is trying to collect $8,000 in outstanding debt from unpaid school meals.

The greens are still mean at the all-vegan café, Mean Greens, at the University of North Texas, in Denton.

Students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) have a new reason to hang out on campus on Friday nights—and dining services has a new revenue source.

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