Top 100 Noncom Operators

Top 100 Noncom Operators

Hospitals

Many hospitals that made this year’s list are ensuring their patients have access to healthy food, even once they’re back at home.

Top 100 Noncom Operators

Ohio State University

OSU Dining recently unveiled a mobile-ordering app enabling to-go purchases at its 30-plus dining halls.

Focusing on the well-being of both patient and guest, the food and nutrition department at New York-Presbyterian Hospital redesigned its foodservice delivery model in 2019, going from a cook-chill operation to an in-room dining program.

To keep students engaged, Sun Devil Dining schedules several special dining events throughout the year.

Methodist Hospital of San Antonio’s cafeteria offers nutritious and affordable food choices, including hot food, a sandwich bar, soup, salads and desserts.

Leaning into sustainability, UMD Dining in August became the world’s first university to join the Cool Food Pledge, a growing movement of workplaces, hotels, hospitals and restaurants committed to reducing the climate impact of food they serve.

Last year, dietitians at Montefiore Hospital-Moses redesigned cafeteria menus to feature more whole food, plant-based options, including Kung Pao Brussels Sprouts and Stuffed Delicata Squash.

In November, UW-Madison became the largest college campus in the U.S. to offer robot delivery to its students, thanks to its fleet of 30 Starship Technologies robots.

In 2019, Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester and its two campuses, Saint Mary’s and Methodist, launched Healthy You, an overarching recipe initiative geared to enhance the health and wellness of staff, guests and patients.

Through its Five Star Culinary Institute and under the direction of celebrity chef Brad Miller, Five Star has trained more than 100 of its community chefs across both classical and new techniques—from knife skills and plating to using locally sourced ingredients.

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