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Hospitals & Long-term Care

Operations

Minn. hospital spices up operations, menu

 By FSD Staff on Oct. 20, 2015

Patients at Twin Cities Community Hospital can order from a menu, have their meal cooked-to-order and then have the executive chef come check to see how everything turned out.

Operations

N.J. woman files $5M lawsuit against hospital cafeteria

 By FSD Staff on Oct. 20, 2015

The lawsuit alleges the kitchens at Mount Sinai Hospital were so dirty that an elderly patient was sickened by listeria bacteria and died.

Workforce

How quick training sessions get staff up to speed

By Katie Fanuko on Oct. 20, 2015

76 percent of foodservice directors cited finding time for staff training as their top training challenge in FoodService Director’s 2014 Big Picture Survey.

Operations

Hospital restaurant a big hit with staff

By FSD Staff on Oct. 20, 2015

Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center’s new restaurant, Northern Lights Café, is being hailed by local media as the go-to eatery on campus.

Menu

3 ways to meet the challenges of healthier initiatives

By Katie Fanuko on Oct. 20, 2015

An FSD shares how to hedge some of the issues when introducing healthier menus.

Operations

Researchers ask hospital cafeterias to be like Chipotle

By FSD Staff on Oct. 20, 2015

Experts at the University of California, San Francisco want them to be more like the fast-casual chain and phase out their use of antibiotic-loaded meat.

Steal This Idea

Share revenue across stores

Oct. 19, 2015

We partnered with the director of volunteers in our hospital gift shop and opened a gift-shop espresso bar. We provide one barista to make coffee drinks.

Operations

Why noncommercial is winning at food recovery

By Kelly Killian on Oct. 15, 2015

Judging from the popularity of food blogs and chef shows, most people outside the industry likely believe that food trends originate in fancy restaurants.

Menu

How to pair pickled produce

By Alaina Lancaster on Oct. 15, 2015

How operators are matching up a bumper crop of fermented vegetables with complementary dishes to add variety to menus and please advanced palates.

Operations

Red Sox's Fenway Park gets a rooftop garden

By Erin Gibbons on Oct. 15, 2015

Despite the brutal Boston winter, the Red Sox's rooftop garden—dubbed Fenway Farms—launched just in time for opening day of the 2015 season in April.

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