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District’s summer nutrition program doubles

 Jul. 20, 2015

The Hollister School District served 5,492 lunches in June, up from 2,698 lunches during the same period last year – which the director of student nutrition attributes to more district focus on students’ nutritional needs.

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Michigan’s new prison foodservice contract worth $13.7 million

 Jul. 20, 2015

After parting ways with Aramark, the state inked a new contract with Trinity Services Group that includes higher meal prices, potentially higher annual increases and a waiver of experience requirements for kitchen workers.

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Facing deficit, high school brings banned snacks back

Jul. 15, 2015

Fearing tightening regulations, the Bozeman School Board voted to suspend the high school’s participation in the NSLP, while elementary and middle schools will remain involved.

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7 secrets of highly successful self-ops

By Lisa Bertagnoli on Jul. 13, 2015

We talked to directors at self-operated facilities to discover how they stay independent. Their secrets boil down to creative, common-sense management.

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Oregon legislature votes to expand state farm-to-school program

Jul. 10, 2015

An additional $3.3 million will be provided to the farm-to-school program, allowing all school districts to purchase locally grown food.

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Conn. school board takes steps to privatize school cafeterias

Jul. 10, 2015

After two years of court battles and union disputes, the school board is moving to hire a private contractor.

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Vermont summer nutrition programs expand

Jul. 08, 2015

Vermont children are enjoying summer meals and snacks at 270 locations, up from 141 in 2009, as a result of a partnership between Hunger Free Vermont and the USDA.

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What’s the next Chipotle, Starbucks or Panera Bread?

By FSD Staff on Jul. 08, 2015

A look at some of tomorrow’s up-and-coming restaurant concepts, each posing possible competition (and ideas to ‘borrow’) for FSDs

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Massachusetts alters calculation for low-income students

Jul. 07, 2015

The State Department of Education in Massachusetts will no longer use free and reduced lunch numbers to publicly report school districts’ low-income student populations. Instead, it will derive “economically disadvantaged” numbers based on “direct certification.”

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California school district raises meal prices to cover losses

Jul. 06, 2015

San Dieguito Union High School District recently raised meal prices, for the first time in seven years, to try to balance the budget, according to the staff nutritionist.

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