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Steal This Idea
July 30th, 2014

Steal This Idea

Borrowing ideas and innovation from your peers
 
Steal This Idea

Get buy-in

In order to get buy-in for breakfast in the classroom, there is an incredible amount of planning done with stakeholders to ensure that we can show the value for this and to get their thoughts and see...

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Backstage Pass

08-01-2013  Ideas and Innovation

We do a Behind the Lunch Counter tour for parents. We invite them to go behind the scenes, to help take the mystery out of what happens behind the counter to create their students’ meals.

Invite Peers

07-29-2013  Ideas and Innovation

Leverage the strength of other dining services’ operations by creating a dining event around them. Invite chefs from other locations into your facility to prepare their operations'...

Chocolate Recovery

07-25-2013  Ideas and Innovation

Our dairy produces 1% chocolate milk and we serve it in our retail units and our dining halls. 

Allow for Grazing

07-22-2013  Ideas and Innovation

We noticed our students were grazers. When I would go through the service lines and look at our fish, I noticed that students would cut our portions of fish in half and no one would take the cut...

One Dish, One Night

07-16-2013  Ideas and Innovation

We invited chefs/restaurateurs to serve one of their signature items in our dining halls all in one night. 

Healthy Burgers

07-12-2013  Ideas and Innovation

We developed a line of housemade gluten-free/vegan burgers. We bound them with processed Rice Chex, garbanzo bean flour and/or flax seeds. This change increased our healthy burger consumption by 75%.

Sweet Bites

07-08-2013  Ideas and Innovation

People love desserts, so in an attempt to help guests who want a sweet ending to their meal we now cut our desserts into bite-sized portions. That way they can have the treat and not feel guilty...

Walk and Talk

06-26-2013  Ideas and Innovation

I have weekly managers’ meetings. Now that the weather broke, we are having walking meetings. We stroll through town and at the local park while discussing business and having a...

Leftover Lessons

06-18-2013  Ideas and Innovation

The best way to raise profits is in the old-school way of using or repurposing leftovers. Knowing how to create amazing specials from vegetables and starches will save money by minimizing purchases...

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