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The latest foodservice management practices, food-safety news and more.
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University contracts Aramark to bring in concepts

This summer Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne is revamping its foodservice with a restaurant and a coffee shop, among other outlets from the contractor’s portfolio.

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3 restaurant trends we’re tracking

Consumers want foodservice operators to dig deeper on health, “natural” ingredients and local sourcing. Here’s how your streetside competition is responding.

Sodexo is beefing up its freshman orientation at the University of Louisville, offering 15 to 20 different menus that will be rotated throughout the different sessions.

The increase has already been approved by the state Senate.

Dartmouth Feeding Neighbors collects about 150 pounds of food a few times a week and delivers it to the Upper Valley Haven shelter.

Through a combination of healthy lunch menus and physical education, St. Tammany Parish Public School has the largest number of schools (25) meeting the HealthierUS School Challenge guidelines.

A Bedford Elementary School student’s hot lunch was dumped in the trash after a cafeteria-worker found her account wasn’t up to date.

A group of students from Erie Intermediate School asked their school board to switch from plastic foam lunch trays to biodegradable or reusable trays, noting it would save the district $9,500 annually.

Lopez brings nearly 20 years of culinary and event management experience to Devonshire, an Erickson Living retirement community located in Florida.

Cafeteria-workers say that Burlington-based Nutri-Serve Food Management has cut benefits and failed to maintain good working conditions.

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