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Senior residence to honor vets with a breakfast

 Nov. 04, 2014

On Nov. 11, nearly 40 residents of Oakwood Common will be honored at a special breakfast to commemorate Veterans Day.

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Try it, you’ll like it

 Oct. 27, 2014

To help persuade residents to try a new menu item, we will sometimes add it as a third entrée option, like our Pork Pagoda (pictured).

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Healthier environments

Oct. 23, 2014

We just got a grant that will be for 1- to 5-year-olds so that we can work with the county health department to do some outreach at area supermarkets to help them market their healthier items.

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Hot chocolate, cool flavors

By Marygrace Taylor on Oct. 22, 2014

Powdered mix with freeze-dried marshmallow bits? Think again. Whether for special events or as an everyday indulgence, operators are finding new, unexpected ways to make hot chocolate feel fresh.

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Blazing the natural trail

By Marygrace Taylor on Oct. 16, 2014

Eight years ago, Rick Hughes, director of food and nutrition services for Colorado Springs School District 11, pulled à la carte snacks out of his elementary schools because he felt that snacking took away from eating healthy, wholesome meals.

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New app helps Boston University students find out what’s for lunch

Oct. 13, 2014

BU Food, an app that was released in the iTunes store at the beginning of September, is the brainchild of Santiago Beltran (ENG’17) and Darryl L. Johnson (ENG’17).

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In defense of millennials

By Becky Schilling on Oct. 10, 2014

For this month’s cover story we talked with operators to find out how they are meeting the customer service demands of each of the five generations served by the non-commercial industry (Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, baby boomers and the Silent Generation).

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On the Eastern front

By Marygrace Taylor on Oct. 10, 2014

Most of the ingredients in Eastern European dishes are simple and feel familiar to customers. But if a recipe calls for something that simply won’t play well, most operators have no problem tweaking a recipe.

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Yale’s Fall Fest showcases worldly cuisines

Oct. 01, 2014

With music blasting, flags waving and food for sampling, the University came together Sunday to celebrate the start of fall.

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Food, drink companies agree to restrictions on how they target kids

Sep. 25, 2014

CEOs from some of the world's leading food and non-alcoholic beverage companies, plus members of the International Food & Beverage Alliance (IFBA), have unveiled enhanced global commitments in the field of food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing to children.

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