July 30th, 2014

Segment: K-12 Schools

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Mediterranean meals

03-10-2014  Menu Development

The Mediterranean diet is more than just healthy. With an emphasis on fresh produce, flavorful herbs and spices and plenty of grassy olive oil, it’s also tasty.

Cooking equipment most likely to be purchased, upgraded

03-10-2014  Research

According to The Big Picture, non-commercial operators (43%, the highest for any equipment category) are planning to spend their equipment budgets buying cooking gear (e.g., stoves, ovens or fryers)...

Three Takes On: Regional sandwiches

03-10-2014  Menu Development

Sandwiches are a great go-to lunch item and operators across the region have made their sandwiches a hit. This month, we look at three unique sandwich recipes, including the South Philly Italian...

Foodservice operations protest food safety 'glove law'

03-07-2014 | Source: SFGate

State lawmakers have passed a new food safety law that they wish they hadn't...

Free lunch bill advances in the House

03-07-2014 | Source: StarTribune

If low-income children can't afford a nutritious, hot lunch, the state of Minnesota should pick up the tab, the House Education Finance Committee decided Thursday...

Study links energy drinks to risky behaviors among teens

03-06-2014 | Source: Reuters

Consuming highly caffeinated energy drinks like Amp, Red Bull or Rockstar could be a telltale sign of other problems for high school students, according to a Canadian study.

Sen. Dick Durbin tours organic foodservice program at Niles West

03-06-2014 | Source: Skokie Review

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) stopped by Niles West High School last week to check-out the school’s organic-focused lunch program.

Playing the “Blame Game”

03-06-2014  Industry News & Opinion

Last month, right before our MenuDirections conference, in Charlotte, N.C., I drove down to Greenville, S.C., to visit with Eileen Staples, the foodservice director for Greenville Public Schools. Along with Culinary Specialist Ron Jones, we toured two elementary schools and a middle school during lunchtime.

Two new studies underscore hopes, frustrations of revamped school lunches

03-06-2014 | Source: The Washington Post

A new government study indicates that school districts have struggled to implement the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s revamped nutrition standards for school meals, while others are eating more...

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