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Hospitals & Long-term Care

People

Joshua Watkins, CDM

 Aug. 11, 2014

Joshua has made a difference by creating numerous dining activities for residents that have them excited about meal periods.

Operations

Show me the money

 Aug. 11, 2014

Within the last three years, 86% of non-commercial operators have received a salary increase that was not tied to a promotion. Directors in Hospitals (57%) and B&I (58%) are the most likely to have received that increase in the last 12 months.

Operations

Michigan fines Aramark $200,000 more for poor prison foodservice

Aug. 11, 2014

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

Steal This Idea

Pick-up service

Aug. 11, 2014

We opened a new sit-down restaurant called Manna. Because some of our employees don’t have time to come and sit down for a meal, we started Manna On the Move. They can call ahead and order anything off the menu and it will be ready to be picked up in 20 minutes.

Operations

ANFP officers sworn in at national conference

Aug. 11, 2014

Kathryn Massey, CDM, dietary manager at Floyd Valley Hospital, in Sioux City, Iowa, took over as chair of the Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals (ANFP) during the recent National Leadership Conference, in Minneapolis. Massey replaced outgoing chair Paula Bradley

Operations

Food safety training tools, tips

Aug. 11, 2014

We asked operators to give us some of their training tools and resources they use to ensure proper food safety in their operations. Here are some of their answers, excluding the usual programs like ServSafe.

Operations

Grab-and-go sales

Aug. 11, 2014

Grab and go makes up a smaller percentage of grab-and-go participation/transactions in nursing homes, long-term care, retirement homes and senior living facilities than in the other segments. The percentage of grab-and-go participation/transactions by segment.

Steal This Idea

Winter blues help

Aug. 11, 2014

To help with work/life balance we offer our employees items like gallons of milk and loaves of bread. With the horrible winter last year, we found a lot of people were picking those items up so they didn’t have to make another stop on the way home.

Operations

Five most profitable grab-and-go items

Aug. 11, 2014

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

Menu

Behind the peel

By Lindsey Ramsey on Aug. 11, 2014

Operators experiment with bananas and plantains to give texture and earthy flavor to dishes.

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