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Reduce waste with salad-dressing shooters

 Jul. 13, 2015

During the 2015 MenuDirections Awards Dinner, our salad course was served with individual salad-dressing “shooters” [instead of one vessel for the table].

Menu

Blending breakfast in a glass

 By Marygrace Taylor on Jul. 13, 2015

As consumers grow more health-conscious, operators are finding the drinkable morning meals appeal to all age groups looking for on-the-go alternatives.

Design

Children's hospital builds in classes and a taste of normalcy

By Katie Fanuko on Jul. 13, 2015

When guests at Boston Children’s Hospital walk into the Fresh Food Court cafeteria, they’ll be able to pick up a meal—or some new cooking pointers.

Operations

Honey, where have all the bees gone?

By Katie Fanuko on Jul. 13, 2015

Campus beekeepers at Boise State University and other colleges work to maintain foodservice supply amid concerns of honey bee colony collapse disorder.

Operations

A picture is worth a thousand words

By Kelly Killian on Jul. 13, 2015

Students want to get their information more quickly, so Dawn Aubrey is experimenting with using infographics for both residents and student staff.

Operations

FDA delays menu labeling a year

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 09, 2015

The FDA acknowledges that more clarity is needed before compliance the disclosure laws for chain restaurants can be enforced.

Operations

Hospital partners with dining service to deliver on fresh food pledge

By Bianca N. Herron on Jul. 09, 2015

Staff, patients, and visitors at Frisbie Memorial Hospital now enjoy a farm-to-table dining experience with food made from scratch and without chemicals, additives, and preservatives.

Operations

FDA promises to clarify menu-labeling rules next month

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 09, 2015

The assurance of clarity came as part of the agency’s decision to delay enforcement until 2016.

Operations

Laugh cafe offers seniors food and a smile

Jul. 08, 2015

Admission to the seniors-only cafe event at Sibley Memorial Hospital costs one joke, recited out loud.

Operations

What’s the next Chipotle, Starbucks or Panera Bread?

By FSD Staff on Jul. 08, 2015

A look at some of tomorrow’s up-and-coming restaurant concepts, each posing possible competition (and ideas to ‘borrow’) for FSDs

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