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April 18th, 2014

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Housemade flavored oils

We utilize our herbs and stems instead of discarding them to make flavored oil. It adds a new flavor to foods we are cooking and some nice vinaigrette dressings.

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Book Lessons

09-27-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We have leadership book clubs for our food service managers. We have selected books such as “Raving Fans” about customer service and “Eat that Frog!” about...

Wellness Meal

09-27-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We have a Wellness Entrée every day. It includes a smaller portion of a lean protein, a whole-grain starch and steamed vegetables with a bottle of water. This is available to our employees...

Wonka Dinner

08-22-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We held a “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” dinner. We screened the film and offered menu items such as Gobstoppers, Snozzberry pizza, Willie’s bowtie pasta,...

Concession Redo

08-22-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We converted a 400-square-foot concession stand at our events center, which was only being used a few times a year, to a sandwich shop. It now generates $500,000 a year in revenue for us.

Badge IDs

08-22-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We put the hometowns of our student employees on their name badges, like they do at hotels and resorts. It can be a conversation starter and it makes students feel more important and valued.

Self-Serve Melon

08-22-2011  Ideas and Innovation

Instead of cutting up a watermelon to serve to students, we slice the top off the watermelon and provide a melon baller so that students can serve themselves. It saves us time, and we’ve...

Food Field Trips

08-22-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We developed a field trip program called Culinary Learning Journeys, which takes students to local dairy farms, CSA farms and food production facilities. Students can meet farmers to learn about the...

Targeted Link

08-22-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We created a link that we used to solicit feedback on campus dining. We put the link on refrigerator magnets, business cards and T-shirts that student government officers wore the first week of...

Learning Groups

08-22-2011  Ideas and Innovation

We have Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) where we break up into two groups and we do research, read books and then report that to the entire staff. One group talked about tools for talking...

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