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Lynnell Grumbles takes over for Santa Clarita Valley Food Services Agency

 Oct. 01, 2014

Lynnell Grumbles is the new CEO of the Santa Clarita Valley Food Service Agency, which supplies more than 11,500 lunches and 4,000 breakfasts daily to 38 campuses.

Operations

Technology, kids and produce

 By Becky Schilling on Oct. 01, 2014

Four million dollars. That’s the estimated figure of the amount of food that’s being thrown away in schools each day, according to a study by Cornell and Brigham Young universities.

Recipes

Three Takes On: Meatballs

Oct. 01, 2014

Three Takes On offers several different versions of the same classic dish. This month, we checked out three meatball recipes, including Spicy Mushroom Blended Meatballs and Colorado Beef Meatballs Italian Style.

Operations

First Lady to kids: “Don’t be mad” about healthier school lunches

Sep. 30, 2014

First lady Michelle Obama said it was "natural" that kids are "grumbling" over new requirements for schools to fill vending machines and lunch lines with healthier food, but that it would not deter her from improving child nutrition.

Operations

School meal rules to triple costs next fiscal year

Sep. 30, 2014

According to the USDA, new school meal standards will force school districts and states to absorb $1.22 billion in new food, labor and administrative costs in fiscal year 2015.

People

Longtime Kane Area School District foodservice director retires

Sep. 30, 2014

“Pinky” Holt has retired after 20 years at the helm of Kane (Pennsylvania) Area School District’s foodservice program.

Operations

Kauai changes policy regarding negative lunch balances

Sep. 30, 2014

The Kauai County Council has unanimously passed a resolution urging state officials, parents and guardians to prevent students from going hungry at schools

Operations

A matter of perspective

Sep. 30, 2014

We asked non-commercial operators how they believe the industry is viewed by their peers in the commercial restaurant business. Most operators felt the restaurateurs have a negative perception of the non-commercial market.

Steal This Idea

Make a game of it

Sep. 30, 2014

One example is the Potato Story game, in which we divide employees up into groups of four or five and ask them to create a short story

Operations

New York district opts back in to National School Lunch Program

Sep. 29, 2014

Voorheesville schools were in the vanguard of districts opposing more strict federal school lunch program guidelines, but an ongoing operating deficit has forced the district back in line.

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