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Mass. city council approves $7M warehouse for district’s foodservice

 By FSD Staff on Mar. 23, 2016

The new warehouse will save the school district more than $380,000 annually, officials say.

Operations

Mich. prisoners protest food quality under new provider

By FSD Staff on Mar. 23, 2016

Nearly 1,000 inmates staged silent protests against the meals provided by Trinity Services Group, which replaced Aramark about eight months ago.

People

The future of health care foodservice

By Alaina Lancaster on Mar. 23, 2016

A president-elect of the Association for Healthcare Foodservice plans to push the segment forward.

Workforce

3 swipeable HR solutions

By Bianca N. Herron on Mar. 23, 2016

How do you recruit and retain employees when operators down the street offer higher wages and jobs viewed as more prestigious? Here are three stealable solutions from FSDs that have worked in real-world tests.

Design

A 99% portable operation feeds conference-goers in Austin

By Kelly Killian on Mar. 22, 2016

A behind-the-scenes tour of the movable foodservice operations at Austin Convention Center in Texas during its busiest event of the year.

Operations

District slashes cafeteria debt in 1 month

By FSD Staff on Mar. 21, 2016

Though a Virginia school district’s debt soared after scrapping alternative meals for indebted students, a revised approach has helped it recoup some losses.

Operations

Sodexo, Binghamton strike a deal after contract standoff

By FSD Staff on Mar. 21, 2016

Following protests from the university’s students and foodservice staff, the vendor made concessions on pay and benefits.

Menu

11 chicken sandwiches clucking to be copied

By Kelsey Squire on Mar. 21, 2016

The humble chicken sandwich is getting an upgrade in restaurants of all stripes. Here are some of the revisions that could cross the road to noncommercial establishments.

Operations

3 reasons FSDs are losing sleep this week: Tech troubles

By Kelly Killian on Mar. 21, 2016

How do you train a robot to be hospitable—and what happens when the power goes out? These are a couple of the dilemmas short-circuiting FSDs’ dreams this week.

Operations

2nd breakfast staves off obesity in kids

By Bianca N. Herron on Mar. 18, 2016

Students who follow breakfast at home with an additional breakfast at school are less likely to be overweight than their peers who skip the meal altogether, according to the study.

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