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Cafeteria offers 30-day paleo challenge

The Sparkman Cafeteria and the Von Braun III Cafeteria offer a new healthy choice, paleo-inspired meal plan. “A lot of people refer to it as the caveman’s diet,” Chris Isbill, business manager for the Post Restaurant Fund, said laughing.

Operations

Bringing the chef out front

A new program at Highmark, in Pittsburgh, is bringing the chef to the table.

Recycling and waste reduction are the two sustainability initiatives that operators use. Nearly every college recycles (95%), making it the segment that employs this tactic the most. Nursing homes/long-term care and senior living are the most likely segments to not employ any of these environmentally friendly programs, at 14%.

Click through a Snapshots of all the recipes for the April 2014 issue. This month features seafood and pasta dishes.

At Florida Blue, our mission is “Helping People and Communities Achieve Better Health.” To help in achieving this mission, we provide several different healthy cooking classes throughout the year for our employees and throughout the community.

Be it crabs, mussels, clams, scallops or—the big daddy of all shellfish—lobster, operators have come up with endless ways to incorporate these invertebrates into their menus.

As part of our ongoing Signature Series, we asked operators to share their signature bread recipes, including two versions of cinnamon rolls, multigrain rolls and focaccia.

Four out of 10 operators indicated that finding the money to purchase new equipment and an overall declining budget were their top budget challenges.

The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and Garden State Plaza in Paramus are joining forces for a new initiative that organizers say they hope will promote healthy living throughout Bergen County, the two announced in a release Tuesday morning.

Betty Hanlon-Deever has enhanced the foodservice department at Pfizer La Jolla by supporting and recognizing her employee team, resulting in low turnover.

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