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Universities glom onto food trucks

Dec. 09, 2012

Call them what you will: mobile canteens, lunch wagons, catering vans or even the pejorative “roach coaches.” Food trucks, once the “restaurant” of choice for employees outside of manufacturing plants, steel mills, military bases and more, are back.

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Beverage snapshot

 Dec. 09, 2012

Milk does a body good, and it also helps operators’ bottom line. Milk, at 18%, makes up the highest sales percentage of beverages for non-commercial operators, according to The Big Picture research.

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Florida schools recognized by USDA for best practices

Dec. 05, 2012

School honored for innovation with its snack pack breakfast program.

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Hurricane Sandy can't stop The Goldies

By Paul King on Dec. 05, 2012

As I write this, less than three weeks remain for operators to submit their entries to the third annual Goldies Awards. The awards, which celebrate best practices in non-commercial foodservice, will be presented Monday, March 4, during the 2013 MenuDirections conference in Tampa, Fla.

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Missouri school struggles with portion sizes

Dec. 05, 2012

Parents complain that students are still hungry after lunch.

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Rural Calif. district serves as model for healthy menus

Dec. 03, 2012

School recognized as part of state's Stepping Up to the Challenge, Creating A Healthy School Environment program.

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Schools' New Balancing Act: Staying on the National School Lunch Program?

By Paul King on Dec. 03, 2012

The implementation of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture meal regulations for school breakfasts and lunches may be causing some school districts—particularly those with low percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price meals—to c

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Kan. schools worry about food waste

Dec. 03, 2012

About 32,000 lunches served in October, but who much thrown away?

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School sees participation increase after going self-op

Dec. 03, 2012

Breakfast went up 2%, lunch 9%.

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Calif. schools get crafty in satisfying meal regulations

Dec. 03, 2012

Topping bars and grilled vegetables tempt students.

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