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Making more than the minimum

 By Paul King on May 27, 2014

We had a little excitement this week near our corporate office in Chicagoland. More than 100 protesters were arrested Wednesday on the grounds of McDonald’s corporate headquarters, just down the road in Oak Brook.

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Georgia schools build special menus from locally-grown food

 May 27, 2014

Fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables and meats are the emerging stars of school menus across Georgia.

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Dallas schools seek upgrades to entice healthier eating habits

May 23, 2014

Industrial blenders mix up smoothies for students in New York while some schools in California are adding salad bars. In Dallas, campus cafeterias use pass-through coolers and warmers to make sure the food is just right before it's served.

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College athletics departments still looking for direction from NCAA about meals

May 23, 2014

Few cases of NCAA bureaucracy were more derided than what the organization determined was a meal and a snack.

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Students receive around-the-world education in new program

May 22, 2014

In October, The Nutrition Group, the food management company based in Irwin, Pa., launched a new companywide food education program called Take Nutrition Global.

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USDA chief blasts GOP attack on school lunch menus

May 22, 2014

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack fired back Wednesday at Republican-led efforts to weaken nutrition guidelines in the federal school lunch program.

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What’s hot at dinner?

May 22, 2014

Operators share insights into why certain dinner categories will grow in the next two years.

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Maryland schools add eco-friendly lunch trays to cafeterias

May 21, 2014

Luis Pozo’s lunch tray was the size of a notebook, a thin cardboard rectangle he used to carry his noon meal through the cafeteria of Francis Scott Key Middle School in Silver Spring.

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South Dakota schools serve cereal for lunch after parents don't pay

May 21, 2014

Rapid City Area Schools is trying to collect $8,000 in outstanding debt from unpaid school meals.

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USDA grants schools leniency with food regulations for pasta

May 20, 2014

School foodservice programs can continue serving enriched pastas after USDA backtracks on element of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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