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Melissa Martinez

Melissa Martinez has made a difference at Michigan State University by setting up a new menu line and winning culinary competitions.

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Corey Cozzens

Corey Cozzens has made an impact on Utah State dining services by implementing sustainability initiatives and driving environmentally focused challenges.

Motivating employees is perhaps the major challenge facing operators today, according to The Big Picture.

Students in Duval County will start off the next school year with a brand new menu for breakfast and lunch.

An army marches on its stomach, Napoleon Bonaparte once said. John Elway, the Denver Bronco's general manager and executive vice president of football operations, must feel the same way about a certain orange-clad team.

Something happens once the weather turns cold: Customers who wouldn’t eat squash if their dining locations gave it away suddenly can’t get enough of it.

With the new model, campus food service will be provided by both the culinary program and local outside vendors.

Conventional industry wisdom has long maintained that trends start in fine dining and trickle down through the various foodservice strata.

Twenty children between the ages of 10 and 18 received two days of instruction and hands-on experience in the kitchen, then put their knowledge to the test cooking for family and friends.

Dawn Aubrey, associate director of housing for dining services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, admires Stephen Hawking, would love to travel around the world and wishes the deep-fried candy bar trend had never started.

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