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Better application for time management

 Aug. 11, 2014

Helping University of Rhode Island students better manage their time was the top priority for Shaun Kavanagh, senior information technologist for dining services, and his team as they set out to develop a new mobile application for the department. “We saw a need,” Kavanagh explains. “More and more people aren’t going [to their laptops] for information, they’re going to their smartphone.”

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Michigan fines Aramark $200,000 more for poor prison foodservice

 Aug. 11, 2014

Although the management company was fined, Gov. Rick Snyder says there is no plan to cancel Aramark’s contract.

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Busting out of the silo

By Becky Schilling on Jul. 25, 2014

Two Minnesota districts are working together for the betterment of their students.

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NACUFS begins restructuring process

Jul. 14, 2014

Examination of current structure revealed “critical risks to the organization’s long-term stability.”

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LA school distrtict to pay raise minimum wage to $15 an hour

Jul. 02, 2014

Officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are set to reveal details of a tentative deal with a union representing nearly 20,000 cafeteria workers, custodians and other employees that would raise their minimum wage to over $15 an hour over two years.

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Strategies to grow sales at the soda fountain

Jun. 24, 2014

A three-channel look at how retailers are battling carbonated soft drinks' decline.

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Eastern Michigan raises dining hall prices

Apr. 02, 2014

Eastern Michigan raises dining hall prices by 4% to pay for increased food costs and upgrades to dining facilities.

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Anticipating the customer

By Paul King on Mar. 27, 2014

Most foodservice professionals understand that, at its core, foodservice is a people business.

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Minnesota hospital wants to expand charitable program

Mar. 10, 2014

One of the “proudest and saddest” foodservice-related programs at Hennepin County Medical Center, in Minneapolis, according to Food and Nutrition Services Director Bill Marks, is the monthly Food Shelf program.

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Twitter employees to dine in cabins

Mar. 06, 2014

Twitter employees will soon be able to eat lunch in one of two century-old Montana log cabins.

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