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J&W grad to lead dining at Laurel Ridge

 Oct. 09, 2014

Laurel Ridge Health Care Center, in Ridgefield, Conn., has hired Zachary Erickson as its new director of dining services.

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Budget woes challenge Buffalo area school foodservice

 Oct. 09, 2014

Cafeteria workers at Frontier Central schools are concerned that their jobs may be affected when the district tries to plug a predicted $290,000 deficit in the food service budget this year.

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Nahavandi joins Loyola Marymount dining

Oct. 09, 2014

Terry Nahavandi has been hired by Sodexo to manage foodservice operations at Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles.

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Chefs’ role grows in senior living

Oct. 09, 2014

As “scoop and serve” models of the past are making way for restaurant-style dining services in senior living, providers are taking note of their hiring practices—which today involve recruitment of experienced chefs who, more often than not, do not have backgrounds in senior living.

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Lack of workers forces Geisinger cafeteria to temporary cut cafeteria hours

Oct. 03, 2014

Geisinger temporarily cut the cafeteria’s hours due to a worker shortage that occurred when several students went back to school, spokesman Matt Van Stone said.

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Lynnell Grumbles takes over for Santa Clarita Valley Food Services Agency

Oct. 01, 2014

Lynnell Grumbles is the new CEO of the Santa Clarita Valley Food Service Agency, which supplies more than 11,500 lunches and 4,000 breakfasts daily to 38 campuses.

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Dining services looking for solution to cool down kitchen

Oct. 01, 2014

After some attempts to lower the high temperature in the kitchen of John Jay Dining Hall last semester, Columbia Dining is still searching for a permanent fix to the ongoing heat problem.

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Confessions of Dwight Collins

Sep. 30, 2014

Takes pleasure in anything with French pastry cream on it, would like to learn how to fly a helicopter and would visit the Renaissance if he had a time machine.

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Longtime Kane Area School District foodservice director retires

Sep. 30, 2014

“Pinky” Holt has retired after 20 years at the helm of Kane (Pennsylvania) Area School District’s foodservice program.

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Make a game of it

Sep. 30, 2014

One example is the Potato Story game, in which we divide employees up into groups of four or five and ask them to create a short story

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