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Chef elevates corporate cafeteria to celebrity-chef standards

 Apr. 03, 2015

Chef Kyle Williams has taken the Live Blue Kitchen and Café at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to a new level, creating healthy, gourmet options for employees.

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Aramark worker fired for serving inmates trashed food

Apr. 01, 2015

In October 2014, an Aramark employee instructed kitchen workers to serve food that had been thrown into the trash to fellow inmates. The Michigan Department of Corrections says Aramark fired the employee.

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Under fire: Dietetics group stops endorsing Kraft Singles

Apr. 01, 2015

After outrage from its members, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics will end its partnership with Kraft, through which the academy’s ‘Kids Eat Right’ label appeared on the cheese product.

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Dems: Make school lunch available 7 days a week, even when school is out

Apr. 01, 2015

Democrats are proposing to expand the federal school lunch program to weekends and holidays, creating a full-time nutrition program.

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Cornell chefs compete in campus’ first fruit and veggie cook-off

By Katie Fanuko on Apr. 01, 2015

Chefs at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., faced off March 25 in the first Fruit & Vegetable Recipe Contest.

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Mom wants school district to ban peanuts

Apr. 01, 2015

A mother urges the district to ban peanuts after her daughter had a severe allergic reaction at school. Currently, the district has peanut-free lunch tables and classrooms.

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School district loses foodservice hub in four-alarm fire

Apr. 01, 2015

A school district lost its foodservice hub when a high school kitchen and cafeteria went up in flames. The kitchen contained all the commodities for the high school, seven elementary schools, the Albany Boys and Girls Club and community after school programs.

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California university sets record for longest granola bar

Mar. 31, 2015

UCSC recruited Chef Jet Tila to help set a Guinness World Record for longest granola bar, measuring 420 feet and containing nearly 250 pounds of ingredients.

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Aramark responds to rotten food complaints

Mar. 31, 2015

In response to student complaints that it was serving nearly raw meat and rotten produce, Aramark says it will step up its feedback process at a Canadian university.

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San Diego State to be first in nation for green campus dining

By Katie Fanuko on Mar. 31, 2015

This fall, San Diego State will become the first U.S. campus to ‘certify green’ all campus-owned dining locations.

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