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Operations

Grills on the go

 By Katie Fanuko on Jul. 13, 2015

Though industrial grills are his go-to for high-volume events, Lyman Graham likes the versatility of home grills for smaller catering gigs.

Workforce

Closing the nutrition-knowledge gap

 By Bianca N. Herron on Jun. 23, 2015

An FSD hired a registered dietician to make sure her frontline staff knew enough about what they were serving to answer customers’ questions with confidence.

Workforce

Building a solid next-gen team

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jun. 15, 2015

Millennials aren’t afraid to talk to anyone in an organization; they’re driven to achieve; they embrace tech to ease processes.

Operations

School district staff gets refresher on scratch cooking

Jun. 12, 2015

36 kitchen managers in the school district were put through a four-day training course last week from a local culinary arts institute.

People

Roger Knysh: Keeping patients healthy

Jun. 08, 2015

Roger Knysh has transformed the foodservice at Berkshire Health System by leading Fairview Hospital to become the first in the nation to stop the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages and implementing a number of green initiatives.

Steal This Idea

Partner with other departments

Mar. 13, 2015

We developed a partnership with our district’s staff-development department to establish an annual training schedule.

Operations

USDA announces nationwide school food training program

Mar. 11, 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the nationwide rollout of its Team Up for School Nutrition Success training program will be complete by September 2015.

Operations

4 strategies to stay ahead of a foodservice controversy

Mar. 04, 2015

Consumers are so keyed into social issues that the slightest comment about organics or GMOs could set off a food war, LYFE Kitchen’s Mike Donahue warned operators attending MenuDirections. He offered specifics on how to avoid a controversy on that and other fronts.

Operations

MenuDirections opens with a look at menu planners as service proponents

Mar. 01, 2015

Bell’s presentation, “Absolutely Everything Counts,” focused on the importance of delivering outstanding customer service through words and body language, not just interactions with customers.

Operations

Student: Sodexo employees don’t always comply with gluten-free guidelines

Feb. 27, 2015

A student at Doane College says though Sodexo has gluten-free training and processes, not all employees adhere to them, making her food unsafe.

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