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High school to get student-run coffee shop

 Aug. 24, 2015

An Illinois high school is using a $50,000 grant to build a multipurpose student center featuring a coffee shop called Cafe de Shell, among other amenities.

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Pedestal Foods names Larry Shifrin director of dining services

 By Bianca N. Herron on Aug. 24, 2015

Shifrin will join their team at The Fountains of West County, a retirement community offering independent living.

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First all-organic public school cafeteria opens in Calif.

Aug. 21, 2015

Students in the Sausalito Marin City School District will be the first in the nation to go 100 percent organic when school begins this year.

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Cafeteria workers remain district employees despite Chartwells contract

Aug. 21, 2015

Two dozen full- and part-time kitchen and cafeteria workers throughout the Somerset and Somerset Berkley Regional school districts will remain district employees rather than have their positions outsourced to new foodservice provider Chartwells.

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Inside the San Francisco 49ers’ cafeteria

Aug. 21, 2015

During training camp, the football team was encouraged to make conscious eating decisions, with nutritional suggestions hanging over buffet style serving stations in the cafeteria.

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Hospital's cafeteria becomes a health haven

By Bianca N. Herron and Katie Fanuko on Aug. 21, 2015

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s cafeteria reopened Thursday as Fresh Inspiration Cafe, sporting a new look and a menu showcasing “mindful” options to help patrons make healthier choices.

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Fort Hood Dining Hall earns top award

Aug. 20, 2015

The dining facility, one of seven across Fort Hood, received the Philip A. Connelly award for best large-category dining facility on Fort Hood.

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School district rolls out new menu items

Aug. 20, 2015

Chefs for Wichita USD 259 spent months planning dozens of new breakfast and lunch menu items for the upcoming school year, including veggie alfredo, twisted cheese breadsticks and teriyaki chicken noodle bowls.

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Report: Nearly 50 percent of Michigan jail issues unresolved with Aramark

By Bianca N. Herron on Aug. 20, 2015

A report released by Progress Michigan, a Lansing-based liberal group, revealed that of 3,707 issues—1,791 during an eight-month period between March and October 2014—went unresolved.

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California school district beefs up lunch menu

Aug. 20, 2015

This fall, new beef dishes—a taco and beef chili—are part of Oakland Unified School District’s “California Thursdays” school lunch initiative, a statewide program with the goal of bringing locally sourced food to participating schools weekly.

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