People

Some of the most innovative and out-of-the-box thinkers in the noncommercial foodservice industry.

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Cooking up culinary talent

Avoid these recruiting and training tactics when building your back-of-house dream team.

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Organizations that promote career development

When deciding what organizations to join to help my career development, start by asking yourself what your career goals are, and what position you want.

Lucretia Chancler’s roots lie in Louisiana’s St. Landry Parish. In October 2009, Chancler returned to Louisiana to become St. Landry’s supervisor of child nutrition.

Annual performance reviews are the first step to finding employees that stand out. The next step is managing by objective and identifying mutual goals.

Having the right equipment can make an operation more efficient, consistent and profitable. The real question is: Will that solve your problem?

My first piece of advice is to offer potential staff a fair and equitable starting salary, and don’t haggle over a few bucks to get the person you want. 

For Thomas Thaman, working in hospital foodservice means setting an example of healthy living for an entire city—and carrying the responsibility of making good food available to the community at large.

We can’t assume the guidelines we wrote 10 years ago are fine for today. Nearly 40% of millennials have at least one tattoo, according to Pew Research.

The School Nutrition Association’s new president, Becky Domokos-Bays, sounds off on what’s getting in the way of school nutrition—and how to solve it.

Restaurant Business’ Advice Guy makes an appearance on Advice Squad, this week tapping an expert engineer to provide maintenance recommendations for a hot and cold food table.

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