Hospitals & Long-term Care

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Appealing displays encourage product use

Thumbtack preserves jams, jellies and pickles, and hasa ton of cookbooks, so it's building a unit in the main office work area that can display a lot.

Operations

What Gen X wants from foodservice

When the name of your demographic group also is the widely accepted symbol for a generic signature, ala Gen X, it can be easy to feel invisible.

Mark Mollentine is known for transforming cafeteria food typically high in calories, fat and sugar into healthier options. Here are tips for others who want to give it a try.

Question:How are you slipping in healthier ingredients?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilThe fundamental rule of cooking Italian cuisine is less is more; the fewer ingredients you use, the more flavo...

Question:What are you doing about the price of eggs?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilWe are just starting to see the effects of the avian flu. We hope we will be able to curb most of the costs, but ...

Question:What, if any, food substitutions are you making as a result of weather-related costs or supply issues?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilWe don’t want to take items away from our guests...

Question:How are you saving on food costs without sacrificing quality?Answers from FSD's Culinary CouncilWe are piggybacking a bid this year for our frozen, dry and refrigerated foods to make it 2 per...

Here’s how fellow FSDs are taking precautions to minimize disruptions to their operations.

Floor ambassadors, who take orders by iPad, foster a connection with patients and ensure meal choices align with their recommended diets.

The four-week program delivers “cook and chill” meals to discharged patients at risk of becoming malnourished.

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