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Aramark kicks off the NFL season with three playbooks of new menu items

 By Bianca N. Herron on Sep. 01, 2015

The foodservice contractor is featuring customized celebrity-chef dishes and giving traditional stadium foods a health tweak.

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Late-night dining options now open to UNA students


 Aug. 31, 2015

Over the summer, foodservice provider Sodexo announced new late-night dining options and adjusted service hours at the request of University of North Alabama students.

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Farm-to-school program goes live

Aug. 31, 2015

Farm Fresh’s new program “Harvest of the month” is set to get more locally-grown vegetables into Rhode Island schools, as well as show students where their food comes from.

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Students selecting produce more often, but throwing it away

By Bianca N. Herron on Aug. 28, 2015

A new study from the University of Vermont found that healthier school-nutrition standards are leading to more waste and reduced consumption of fruit and vegetables.

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75 best American colleges for food

Aug. 28, 2015

Bowdoin College and New York’s Columbia University top The Daily Meal’s list of colleges for best food.

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Child nutrition director: No upcharge for substitution meals

Aug. 28, 2015

The director of child nutrition at Tahlequah Public Schools in Tahlequah, Okla., says if a child has a disability or needs specialty food prescribed by a doctor, the district will accommodate those requests at no extra charge.

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University retools green initiative due to falling student participation

Aug. 27, 2015

Washington University Dining Services eliminated buy-in fees and discount incentives from its Eco To-Go compostable boxes system in an effort to improve student engagement and ultimately reduce waste.

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Ill. school debuts new lunch menu to increase sales

Aug. 27, 2015

With a 15 percent decline in school meal purchases, officials at Arlington Heights School District 25 have revamped the lunch menu—which includes special meals for students with food allergies—with the hope of reversing the recent slip in sales.

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School officials ‘dumpster dive’

Aug. 26, 2015

Officials at Georgia’s Gwinnett County Schools have come up with a modified version of dumpster diving to see what gets put on students’ trays only to be thrown away.

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Hospital chef changing views on healthy living

Aug. 26, 2015

Since taking the reins as chef at Major Hospital in Shelbyville, Ind., Mark Weil has been committed to providing and guiding residents toward healthy options.

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