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Operations

Most operators offer on-premise catering

 Oct. 31, 2014

Most operations offer on- premise catering. For those that do offer both on- and off-premise catering, on- premise catering makes up 80% of the catering business.

Operations

Toledo hospitals take wellness seriously

 Oct. 30, 2014

In an effort to combat obesity and to stand out in a competitive medical market, Toledo-area hospitals are looking for ways to offer healthier, tastier food options to patients, employees, and visitors.

Operations

Strike, including foodservice, underway at Oregon hospital

Oct. 30, 2014

Nursing assistants and other employees are on a three-day strike meant to bring McKenzie-­Willamette Medical Center management to the bargaining table over pay and benefits.

People

Confessions of Thomas Cooley, R.D.

Oct. 29, 2014

Thomas Cooley, R.D. makes his own nine-pepper hot sauce, hates bottled water and would love to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef.

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Milkshake bar

Oct. 29, 2014

For dessert, The Yorktown Café offers hand-dipped milkshakes with ice cream made on site.

Operations

Want ketchup? That’s 25 cents.

Oct. 28, 2014

Operators looking to make a little extra dough by charging customers for condiments might not be happy with the result.

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Building bonds

Oct. 28, 2014

To help build the bond between the two departments we started baking up a fresh batch of cookies after lunch and taking it to a clinical unit that we know has been having a hard day because of lots of patients or critical care issues.

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Try it, you’ll like it

Oct. 27, 2014

To help persuade residents to try a new menu item, we will sometimes add it as a third entrée option, like our Pork Pagoda (pictured).

Operations

Hospitals participate in Food Day

Oct. 27, 2014

To celebrate Food Day 2014, 352 hospitals in the U.S. planned to serve at least one meat or poultry item raised without the routine use of antibiotics, according to Health Care Without Harm (HCWH).

Menu

September 2014: Creating Healthier Menus - Grain-based Salads

Oct. 24, 2014

Click through Snapshots of all the Creating Healthier Menus recipes from the September 2014 issue. This month features grain-based salads.

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