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Marketing healthful menu items

 Nov. 07, 2013

Eight out of 10 operators market their healthful menu items, according to The Big Picture.

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Ontario County schools struggle with new health guidelines

 Nov. 07, 2013

Canandaigua school district had an $83,000 deficit last school year due to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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Michigan Department of Education nixes laptops for school nutrition

Nov. 04, 2013

According to the Department of Education, laptops do not meet the USDA federal regulations to improve foodservice program delivery.

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Incentivizing health

Oct. 31, 2013

Twenty-one percent of operators offer incentives to their customers to help them make healthier dining decisions, according to The Big Picture.

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Pa. school adds lunch detention for students with unpaid lunches

Oct. 31, 2013

Students with over five unpaid lunches will face lunch detention and receive a PB&J sandwich or a cheese sandwich.

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Pa. school cook makes sure no child goes hungry

Oct. 31, 2013

New Castle Area School District head cook makes sure every child eats lunch, even if that means switching out their lunch items.

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What You Need To Know: November 2013

Oct. 30, 2013

This month: all-beef burgers are booted in Fairfax schools, guacamole and chips are a hit at Northwestern University, Metz's Live Well program adds whole grains into its concept and more.

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New Hampshire to promote school breakfast with the School Breakfast Challenge

Oct. 28, 2013

Over the next two years, districts are encouraged to increase breakfast program participation by 25 percent.

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Utah ranks No. 4 in new local food survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Oct. 28, 2013

Nine Utah school districts reported to serving local produce in their school lunches.

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Emerging Trends: November 2013

Oct. 25, 2013

This month: 524 schools that have dropped out of the National School Lunch Program, opportunist eaters, the cost of children's food allergies in the United States and more.

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