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Illinois nursing home board OKs food pact, despite concerns

The Champaign County Nursing Home board of directors approved an estimated $731,460 dietary services contract with Healthcare Services Group of Pennsylvania.

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Topeka hospitals scope out ways to encourage healthier dining choices

The Kansas Hospital Association suggests that the hospitals offer more fruits and veggies, provide nutrition labels, eliminate fried foods and offer healthier choices in vending machines.

King Arthur Flour cafe is unlikely to renew lease after disagreement with the college over menu offerings.

The partnership puts the hospital at a forefront for pediatric healthcare, using fresh food as an approach to wellness and healing.

Saying it will “transform overnight the way we provide a vital service to our campus,” University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto said the university is moving forward with a 15-year, nearly $250 million contract with Aramark to provide dining services for UK.

Rich Daehn, corporate director of culinary services for Benedictine Health System (BHS), in Duluth, Minn., is definitely a think-outside-the-box kind of guy. How else would you describe a man who believed that long-term care foodservice directors could improve their operations by going to Disney World?

The University of Kentucky is poised to sign a sweeping contract to replace its in-house dining services with those of a multinational corporation that will provide the university with tens of millions of dollars in new dining areas and several perks.

On June 30, Aggie Cash will no longer be accepted on off-campus locations. According to Kraig Brady, UC Davis Student Housing food service contract manager, the change is due to the partnership ending between Sodexo.

Minneapolis Public Schools recently asked Steven Brown of Tilia to join their True Food Chef Council.

Healthier school lunches will be on the menu starting next September, thanks, in part, to efforts of a private-public partnership.

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