menu development

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School district serves breakfast in class to reduce free-meal stigma

All students in Florida’s Suwannee County Schools are served daily breakfast in the classroom as part of an effort to reduce tardiness and lessen the stigma around free school meals.

Operations

Students win recipe contest to call attention to healthy lunch offerings

Starting in the fall, San Diego Unified School District’s lunch menu will feature student recipes such as “Terrific Turkey Tacos” and “AVAcado Salad.”

Michigan food producers and culinary experts are finding ways to connect farm and fork in college dining halls.

The University of Texas at Dallas is adding four fast-food choices to the renovated Student Union Dining Hall: Panda Express, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Chick-fil-A and 2Mato.

Starting this fall, a breakfast of protein, a grain, fruit and milk will be served in most elementary school classrooms.

Real Food at NU pledges 20 percent of Northwestern’s dining hall food will meet “real food” criteria by 2020.

An Indiana school administrator told a House subcommittee that, following the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, students have been caught selling salt, pepper and sugar in school to add taste to cafeteria food.

Brandywine Senior Living at Upper Providence features a wine bar and tap room, all-day dining featuring restaurant-style service and more.

Chef Austin Gran plans to bring full flavors and healthy food to the Ukiah Valley Medical Center.

Pop-ups use special events to boost social-media following.

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