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2014 LTC/Senior Living Census: Ancillary foodservice locations gain in popularity

 By Becky Schilling on Dec. 01, 2014

There were 238 respondents in our 2014 LTC/Senior Living Census Report. Each respondent operates foodservice in at least one of the following arenas: nursing home/skilled nursing/long-term care; assisted living; independent living or rehabilitation/psychiatric.

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Use competitors’ programs

 Dec. 01, 2014

To update our recipe database and bring consistency to all 23 of our ACTS communities, we purchased a menu program from Morrison called Webtrition.

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USDA doubles purchase of surplus cranberries

Dec. 01, 2014

As Americans break out the cranberries for Thanksgiving dinners, the federal government is taking steps to put more of the tart fruit in food pantries and school lunches.

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Sunflowers a sustainable business at Wisconsin university

Nov. 26, 2014

A sunflower project at UW-Platteville is preparing to bottle its second batch of organic food-grade oil, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.

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Confessions of Micheline Piekarski

Nov. 24, 2014

Micheline Piekarski wishes she could visit Woodstock, wants to golf in Scotland, and loves spaghetti and meatballs.Q. What is the best part of your job?Feeding our future leaders.Q. What is the worst ...

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Sodexo donate-a-meal program helps holiday charity dinner

Nov. 24, 2014

Students at Illinois Wesleyan can donate a meal from their meal plan toward dinner at non-profit.

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Sabine Dessau

Nov. 21, 2014

Sabine is transforming St. Andrews by rewriting menus, celebrating food holidays and developing a monthly newsletter.

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Pawtucket schools boot Sodexo in favor of Aramark

Nov. 20, 2014

The Pawtucket School Committee last week rescinded its controversial three-year contract extension with long-time food service provider Sodexo, scrapping its original request for proposals and starting over with the state-approved food service vendor, Aramark.

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Dawn Aubrey: Lighting a fire for change

By Paul King on Nov. 20, 2014

Dawn Aubrey has made a difference at the University of Illinois by guiding staff to create specialty restaurants and pushing departments to become leaders in sustainability.

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Is Massachusetts food waste ban only the beginning?

Nov. 20, 2014

On a Monday morning in the Boston University food court, students toss plates of food in bins with multicolored labels: green for recycling, black for landfill, and yellow for compostables.

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