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The latest foodservice management practices, food-safety news and more.
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Campus eliminates virtually all waste from dining halls

 May 12, 2015

Binghampton University students and Sodexo employees have incorporated policies including food donation and composting to ensure little food goes to waste.

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High school partners with nonprofit to reduce school’s waste

 May 12, 2015

The LifeCycle Innovation Project is a three-phase process that takes food waste from lunches and turns it into high-quality compost for use in Lower Richland High School’s greenhouse.

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Board alleges cafeteria union negotiated in bad faith

May 11, 2015

Faced with an outsourcing decision, one Connecticut school board filed a complaint with the state’s Board of Labor Relations alleging the cafeteria workers union negotiated a tentative agreement in bad faith.

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Senator intent on rewriting child nutrition law

May 11, 2015

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts wants to enact a new child nutrition law, giving schools more flexibility in meeting standards for school meals.

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Aramark outsourcing positive for some, others lose jobs

May 11, 2015

An Arkansas school district has outsourced food services to Aramark, which promises to hire all child nutrition employees with raises and bonuses. However, the foodservice director and foodservice bookkeeper are out.

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Board officials defend one Pennsylvania school district’s food

May 11, 2015

Despite a former Metz Management Culinary employees’ criticism of Hanover Area’s school food, the board president found nothing wrong with it.

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2015 Healthcare Census: Retail continues to reign at hospitals

By Paul King on May 11, 2015

Plus see what trends rule menus and other highlights from our 2015 Hospital Census.

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School farm teaches students real-life agricultural practices

May 11, 2015

The Farm at The Grove School in Redlands, California, has fields, livestock, outbuildings and a farmers market that students tend to.

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36 best college dining halls in America

May 11, 2015

Spoon University has put together a ranking of the best dining halls in the U.S., from big state universities to smaller liberal arts colleges.

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7 restaurant trends every FSD should know

By Peter Romeo on May 11, 2015

Anyone who’s been in the on-site business during the last two centuries is painfully aware that a consumer will opt for an off-site place to eat if a foodservice director can’t match what’s available on the street.

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