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Mock wedding makes real impact at Ashland University

Getting married? Ashland University, in Ohio, wanted to help engaged couples visualize what their wedding celebration could be like, and at the same time promote campus and local wedding services.

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The Big Idea 2014: Creating a community destination

We moved into a new 50-floor building in 2012. Devon wanted to be more than just a company located downtown; we wanted to be a community member, and this new building helped us accomplish that.

This month we present our fourth annual list of 10 ideas to provide a jump-start for innovation in your operation.

Having trouble building sales of that new menu item? Try including more descriptive labels, says a recent report from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y.

According to employee tweets and photos, Apple opened a stunning new Caffè Macs employee cafeteria at the corner of Bandley and Alves Dr. in Cupertino this past Tuesday.

When Homestead Village decided to enlarge its main dining room, it took the opportunity to meld the desires of two cultures.

The cafeterias are being reorganized and rebranded with new signs and new lunch lines called The Stuffed Tomato and Daily Eats

At the start of the fall 2013 semester, the 1,000-resident Forest Hall within the southeast neighborhood of the Indiana University Bloomington campus got a new addition: The Restaurants at Woodland. Creating a culinary-focused, presentation-style dining destination offering a variety of options was the goal for the residential neighborhood.

When the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRCC) released its recommendations in 2005, military bases weren’t the only facilities on the list.

When Homestead Village, a retirement community in Lancaster, Pa., decided to enlarge its main dining room, it took the opportunity to meld two cultures—younger baby boomers who wanted casual dining and older residents who preferred a more formal setting.

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