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Miami of Ohio dining goes digital

 Nov. 14, 2014

Digital dining is making the First Stop restaurant the “cool” place to eat at Miami University of Ohio, thanks to the marriage of new student ID cards with Google Nexus tablets.

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Denny’s to develop new college format

 Nov. 13, 2014

The Denny’s family restaurant chain plans to expand its presence on college campuses by opening more units of a fast-casual variation called The Den, patterned after the outlet that opened at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Get ready for ramen

By Marygrace Taylor on Nov. 13, 2014

Operators are taking this Asian noodle soup, once the packaged stuff of college dorms, to new heights.

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Aramark considering Apple Pay for stadiums

Nov. 13, 2014

Foodservice contractor Aramark is considering the adoption of Apple’s iPhone payment system as a way for stadium customers buying food and beverages at their seats to pay for the purchase, president and CEO Eric Foss told financial analysts.

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Show it to them

Nov. 12, 2014

I am looking into using more technology. I’m working on doing a continual live feed from the central kitchen.

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How to get kids excited about nutrition

By Becky Schilling, Kate Parham Kordsmeier, Megan Warmouth and Paul King on Nov. 12, 2014

Provo City School District, in Utah, has implemented a yearly theme program with days devoted to nutrition and physical activity, which builds excitement among students and staff and gets kids engaged in a positive way with foodservice.

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CSU ‘Secret Suppers’ showcase chef creativity

Nov. 11, 2014

Students at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Colo., have the opportunity to experience haute cuisine—if they can get there before time runs out, that is.

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Cereal madness

Nov. 10, 2014

We held a blind, March Madness-style event dubbed Serial Cereal Series to figure out if we were serving the right cereals.

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Getting it wrong

By Paul King on Nov. 10, 2014

One day in May many years ago, I was one of a group of panelists talking about trends in non-commercial foodservice at the Foodservice Consultants Society International’s annual meeting in Chicago during the National Restaurant Show.

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A big yabba dabba to-do at Caltech

Nov. 05, 2014

In an outdoor event this past spring, the dining services team at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in Pasadena, paid homage to the classic cartoon, “The Flintstones,” in a celebration fit for a caveman.

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