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Summer cafeteria renovation could mean fall food truck

 May 29, 2015

A nearly $400,000 modernization of a California school’s cafeteria stretch to September, prompting school officials to put a food truck plan in place to serve students.

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Recreation foodservice facilities adopt apps to speed service

 May 29, 2015

The order-ahead capabilities are being embraced by major theme-park operators like Disney and Sea World to reduce wait times.

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UMass-Amherst to manage foodservices at the UMass Club

By Bianca N. Herron on May 29, 2015

The university’s dining services will handle the alumni facility when it re-opens in downtown Boston.

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District bets on increased digital payments to avert embezzlement

May 29, 2015

After reporting two embezzlements in the same school year, the Ukiah Unified School District is striving to reduce cash payments and detect employee fraud earlier.

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New Hampshire school outsources foodservices to local contractor

May 29, 2015

Faced with cutting more than $100,000 from this year’s budget, Henniker School board members have decided to outsource the school’s foodservices by hiring a management company, Cafe Services.

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University of Kentucky buying more local beef

May 28, 2015

Under a new agreement, UK will increase its purchase of beef from local producers to 30 head per week, from 3.

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School district considers dropping federal lunch program

May 28, 2015

After learning schools would have to raise lunch prices for a second time to meet federal guidelines, Idaho’s Madison School District said it may drop out of the National School Lunch Program. It is believed to be the first district in the state to do so.

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Hummus to remain at UC-Riverside

May 28, 2015

The school reversed its decision to remove a branded hummus from the cafeteria. A group of students had demanded the product be dropped because of allegations the supplier had connections to the Israeli army.

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Senior community offers chef-driven dining venue options

May 28, 2015

The options for dining at Splendido senior living center range from a cook-to-order café to an outdoor dining terrace to the formal Marbella, an upscale, chef-run dining venue featuring local products.

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High school opts out of National School Lunch Program for second time

May 27, 2015

A Connecticut school board said that although opting out of the program would cost the district close to $150,000 in federal reimbursements, it risked losing even more money by staying in and following USDA regulations.

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