Colleges & Universities

Operations

Retail gets a makeover

There’s more than ethnic flavors spicing up college foodservice. Campuses are capitalizing on the addition of unique regional and local favorites to their roster of retail options.

Operations

Five most profitable grab-and-go items

We asked operators what grab-and-go item was the most profitable in their operation. Here’s the top five most mentioned items.

Although the management company was fined, Gov. Rick Snyder says there is no plan to cancel Aramark’s contract.

We created a Sustainable Products Project blog using Blogspot, Google Maps and Google Earth. Once we identify local food items that we use they are imported into the blog. The item then has travel miles associated with it, location on campus where served and what makes it sustainable. Photos are also incorporated if available on Google Earth. Students and visitors can link to the blog from our homepage.

The first campus units of Wisconsin-based Erbert & Gerbert’s Bistro to open this fall.

Flatbreads aren’t just trending at national chains—they’re healthy, versatile and convenient options satisfying customers in non-commercial operations as well.

Dining services departments take a hands-on approach to ensure food safety.

The truck will help serve athletes, without the cost of building new dining locations.

It isn’t very often that university students get to eat literature, but at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, known as Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va., they did just that.

Pantry machines help non-commercial operators offer more than the traditional chips and soda.

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