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Multipurpose stations

We took a station that was being used at lunch and dinner as a pasta bar or action station and repurposed it as a made-to-order omelet station during the morning.

Operations

Florida graduate student establishes food pantry for students

One student at Florida International University has set up a food pantry as a source for nonperishable food items on campus. Students who show their identification can visit once per week, taking up to 10 pounds of food each visit.

Consumers want foodservice operators to dig deeper on health, “natural” ingredients and local sourcing. Here’s how your streetside competition is responding.

Dartmouth Feeding Neighbors collects about 150 pounds of food a few times a week and delivers it to the Upper Valley Haven shelter.

Christina Deocampo explains how a management-team member with a younger perspective can be an asset to a foodservice facility.

The manager of Kennesaw State’s Hickory Grove farm says food harvested makes it to the dining hall within two hours of being harvested.

This summer Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne is revamping its foodservice with a restaurant and a coffee shop, among other outlets from the contractor’s portfolio.

The increase has already been approved by the state Senate.

Sodexo is beefing up its freshman orientation at the University of Louisville, offering 15 to 20 different menus that will be rotated throughout the different sessions.

The university’s dining services will handle the alumni facility when it re-opens in downtown Boston.

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