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DIY farm market

 Dec. 16, 2014

There’s no space for us to invite local farmers to do a farmers market. So we had our produce company bring in local produce.

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Lycoming College releases own coffee

 Oct. 21, 2014

Lycoming College has joined the Cultivation to Cup (C2C) network and partnered with Golden Valley Farm Coffee Roasters (GVF) and Parkhurst Dining Services, to offer Warrior One, its very own brand of coffee. Warrior One is an organic, shade-grown coffee from the Las Lajas farm in Costa Rica.

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Penn expands dining, retail options

Oct. 13, 2014

Several leading Philadelphia retail stores—a ramen noodle restaurant, a gift boutique, and a coffee house that also sells clothes—have expanded or relocated their businesses to Penn.

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Knoxville businesses object to new Tennessee foodservice options

Oct. 10, 2014

Unlike other restaurants on Cumberland Avenue, the two UT Dining locations accept Dining Dollars as payment from students, creating what the Cumberland Merchants Association describes as an unfair competitive advantage.

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Coffee bean prices at highest level in more than two years

Oct. 07, 2014

Arabica-coffee prices reached their highest level in 2½ years on Monday, after projections for more dry weather in Brazil sowed worries about lackluster future harvests, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Retail gets a makeover

By Megan Warmouth on Aug. 11, 2014

There’s more than ethnic flavors spicing up college foodservice. Campuses are capitalizing on the addition of unique regional and local favorites to their roster of retail options.

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Change your options

Jul. 10, 2014

We had a small area that sold self-serve yogurt. Sales were great for the first year and then began to slide as most self-serve yogurt shops have done this past year or so.

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The Big Idea 2014: Food truck reaches underserved customers

Jul. 07, 2014

The Centra Nutrition Group recently launched our very own food truck, called Code Fresh. The truck serves a few roles.

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The Big Idea 2014: Partnering for health

Jul. 07, 2014

When we combined the food and nutrition services departments back in December 2013 and I assumed leadership over foodservices, I was able to use my experience as an R.D. to begin offering more healthy and specialty food options to our retail customers.

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The Big Idea 2014

By FSD Staff on Jul. 07, 2014

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

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