Colleges & Universities

Operations

More responsibility weighing on directors

Most operators believe their job responsibilities have expanded outside of their traditional roles—even though the great majority of them do not manage multiple departments.

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Quiet time

For the first time this year during fall finals week and the week prior, we closed off space within Conversations, one of our residential dining centers, to provide students with an additional study location on campus.

Chicken is a versatile protein, showing up on menus in many different forms. As part of our continuing Signature Series, we asked operators to share with us some of their popular chicken dishes.

The Loop Pizza Grill has been in the process of getting approval from Duke Dining to deliver alcohol to students, said Loop manager Owen Slomianyj.

Recent renovations to our Central Food Facility have allowed us to design a gluten-free kitchen and create our own specially formulated gluten-free flour.

Rafi Taherian, executive director of Yale Dining at Yale Univ., was named FoodService Director's FSD of the Year for 2013. Taherian was honored at the 2014 MenuDirections conference in Charlotte, N.C.

B&I (42%) and colleges (37%) were the most likely segments to report an increase in costs due to sustainability initiatives like compostable disposables and local purchasing.

Click through Snapshots of all the recipes for the February 2014 issue. This month features unique catering and chilies recipes.

UVM will host a chef from Bresovica, Slovenia this year as part of the ninth annual Global Chefs event Feb. 20 and Feb. 21.

In our February cover story, chefs shared the menu trends they believe are having the biggest impact on non-commercial foodservice. Some also shared recipes they have created to take advantage of these trending ingredients.

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