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Culinary Council: Making food substitutions due to cost or supply

 By FSD Magazine on Jan. 22, 2016

Question:What, if any, food substitutions are you making as a result of weather-related costs or supply issues?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilWe don’t want to take items away from our guests...

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Culinary Council: How to cut costs without cutting quality

 By FSD Magazine on Jan. 22, 2016

Question:How are you saving on food costs without sacrificing quality?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilWe are piggybacking a bid this year for our frozen, dry and refrigerated foods to make it 2 per...

Workforce

5 tips for weathering this weekend’s storm

By Bianca N. Herron on Jan. 22, 2016

Here’s how fellow FSDs are taking precautions to minimize disruptions to their operations.

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Culinary Council: How to slip in healthier ingredients

By FSD Magazine on Jan. 22, 2016

Question:How are you slipping in healthier ingredients?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilThe fundamental rule of cooking Italian cuisine is less is more; the fewer ingredients you use, the more flavo...

Steal This Idea

Color-coded utensils help identify healthful choices

Jan. 19, 2016

Virginia Commonwealth University uses Meet @ Balance: a colored tongs system at an all-you-care-to-eat salad bar. The tongs help advise healthfulness.

People

How to ease changes in the workplace

By FSD Staff on Jan. 16, 2016

For a change to be accepted, there needs to be some conversation with the person or persons who need to make the change, says the Advice Squad.

Operations

What baby boomers want from senior living

By Kelly Killian and Lisa Arnett on Jan. 15, 2016

Evolution in the restaurant industry means newer baby boomer retirees are bringing higher expectations with them to senior living facilities.

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How to handle custom menu challenges

By FSD Staff on Jan. 15, 2016

Question:How are you handling your biggest challenges with customizable menu items?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilCustomizable menus provide our guests with flexibility and a sense of pampering, b...

People

Can you train employees to be nice?

By FSD Staff on Jan. 15, 2016

When you’re interviewing someone to work in your operation, you need to look at behavioral traits. Those can be part of your criteria when you’re hiring.

Steal This Idea

Offer incentives for thinking green

Jan. 15, 2016

Eighty percent of Northwest Community Hospital's customers are our employees, so asking them to participate in the reusable-container program was easy.

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