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Manufacturers increasing sales of healthy items

 Sep. 12, 2014

The study comes from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, which in 2011 signed an industry agreement with 14 food manufacturers and three GPOs to “develop, produce and market healthier food products for schools at competitive prices,” according to the report.

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Making bacon at Microsoft

 Sep. 11, 2014

In order to add a signature spin to its menu, the team at Compass Group-managed Microsoft Dining, in Redmond, Wash., has brought home the bacon—its own bacon, that is.

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Hospitals jump on the healthy food bandwagon

Sep. 11, 2014

As more doctors use food as a medical tool, health care providers are making nutritious options more readily available — even farmers markets.

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Jessica Keene, R.D.

Sep. 10, 2014

Jessica has made an impact on foodservice by aligning menus to new regulations, managing special diets and implementing the TrakNOW system.

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Tufts expands campus food options

Sep. 09, 2014

Tufts Dining Services will implement a number of updates to its dining operations at Tufts this year in response to feedback from faculty, staff and students.

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The "Wildcat" healthy plate

Sep. 09, 2014

We have real, usable, full-size plates that we mix in with our regular plates to raise awareness of healthy dining balance.

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Sodexo in Vermont makes push toward local

Sep. 09, 2014

Sodexo, a food-service company with numerous Vermont accounts, announced Thursday afternoon a program to increase local foods in institutional settings.

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Not your parents’ school lunch

Sep. 09, 2014

If you attended public schools, you likely remember the lunches you stared down as a student: Options were often unappetizing, institutional in appearance and probably unhealthy.

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Harvard implements new programs, including Saturday brunch

Sep. 08, 2014

Harvard University Dining Services will begin serving brunch on Saturdays in Annenberg Hall and eleven of the twelve upperclassman Houses this week.

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Florida Southern opens outdoor eatery

Sep. 04, 2014

The aroma of grilling pizza and burgers will now mingle with the scent of orange blossoms in the center of the Florida Southern College campus.

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