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Poll: More than 80 percent of N.C. voters support the current federal nutritional standards

 By Bianca N. Herron on Dec. 04, 2015

Majority of the respondents support requiring students to take a fruit or vegetable with their meals, according to the poll by a children’s-health advocacy group.

Operations

Aramark tests food-cost reduction program

 By Peter Romeo on Dec. 04, 2015

The program pivots on kitchen rationalization.

People

What are the best questions to ask cafeteria-job candidates?

By FSD Staff on Dec. 03, 2015

As long as you ask questions that gauge their work ethic, reliability, skill level and attitude, you’ll be able to get a good overview of how they’d do.

Operations

USDA taps 4 FSDs to serve as mentors for the industry

By FSD Staff on Dec. 02, 2015

The Administration is counting on the four to help others who are struggling to meet federal nutrition standards.

Operations

Chicago students boycott school lunches

By FSD Staff on Dec. 02, 2015

In an extreme act of activism, the youngsters are pressing for foods of higher quality and nutritional value.

Operations

EPA salutes noncommercial market’s best waste reducers

By Bianca N. Herron on Dec. 01, 2015

The 2015 winners of the agency’s Food Recovery Challenge used a variety of tactics to divert more than 600,000 tons of food from landfills.

Operations

3 restaurant trends worth watching

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 01, 2015

Here are three currents that could splash into college foodservice and other noncommercial sectors.

Operations

Urban schools plot demise of the spork

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 01, 2015

They have the purchasing might to force down the price of alternatives, and are set to use it next year.

Steal This Idea

Use technology for quick training

Nov. 30, 2015

We do a “Tip of the Day” email for our managers at 7 a.m. Typically, it is job related, or it can be fun. It's a reminder for a given topic or process.

Workforce

Strategies for recruiting cooks

By Amy McKeever on Nov. 30, 2015

All segments of foodservice are facing a cook shortage; nearly half of respondents in FSD’s 2015 B&I Census reported that recruiting staff is an issue.

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