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3 newly discovered ideas to swipe

 By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 14, 2016

Our roundup of ideas includes a speedy way to serve barista-style lattes, an easy design fix to boost interactivity and a chicken-cooking technique to spice up vegetables.

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20 colleges with the best food

 By FSD Staff on Mar. 11, 2016

Bowdoin College in Maine and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst top The Princeton Review’s 2016 list of best colleges for food quality.

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Diner-friendly design fix takes Steal This Idea prize

By Dana Moran on Mar. 11, 2016

Damian Monticello took the prize in our MenuDirections contest with his team’s idea for helping disabled customers reach displayed products.

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USDA awards $1.3 million to aid children’s nutrition

By Bianca N. Herron on Mar. 11, 2016

The funding will help 17 rural communities implement creative strategies and programs to reduce child food insecurity, officials say.

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6 restaurant concepts to copy

By FSD Staff on Mar. 11, 2016

FSD’s editors have identified the concepts that abound in ideas with noncommercial applicability. Here’s a sampling.

3 reasons FSDs are losing sleep this week

By Kelly Killian on Mar. 11, 2016

Healthy-snack mandates, yucky food photos and Chipotle-like health scares are among the things keeping noncommercial operators up at night.

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University foodservice workers, students protest Sodexo

By FSD Staff on Mar. 10, 2016

Both parties at New York-based Binghamton University rallied for higher pay and better treatment from the vendor.

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Walt Disney World increases dining plan prices

By FSD Staff on Mar. 10, 2016

The theme park’s new rates went into effect Wednesday.

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University sells produce to Chartwells

By FSD Staff on Mar. 10, 2016

The Florida university says it’s the first in the state to sell campus-grown produce to its foodservice vendor.

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Pa. district retains delinquent lunch-removal policy

By FSD Staff on Mar. 09, 2016

Foodservice workers at Lincoln Junior-Senior High School are permitted to throw away school lunches from students who have accrued more than $6.75 in lunch debt.

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