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Restaurant-Quality Retail

 By Lindsey Ramsey on Jan. 17, 2012

A renovation and an addition to the campus’ student center greatly increased the retail offerings at the 32,400-student University of Missouri, according to Alan Petersen, manager of student center dining. The new concepts—Do Mundo’s, Ka

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Noshing for Night Owls

 By Lindsey Ramsey on Jan. 15, 2012

Food trucks and late-night dining are two of the hottest trends on college campuses. At 2,400-student Rhode Island School of Design a mobile food truck, named Rosie, satisfies both trends.

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KBT Café Roasts Coffee On Site

By Lindsey Ramsey on Dec. 20, 2011

As part of a university initiative to expand the north part of campus, Yale Dining opened a new coffee shop, the KBT Café, in that section of campus this fall. To set the café apart, Thomas Tucker, director of retail development and operatio

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Snacking Solutions

By Paul King on Nov. 17, 2011

There is no doubt that snacking is on the rise. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, during the last 30 years, the number of snacks consumed by the average American has doubled. As FoodService Director talked with operators about the snacking

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On gluten-free products for Holly Von Seggern

By Paul King on Oct. 19, 2011

Whitsons Culinary Group, an Islandia, N.Y.-based foodservice management company, has built its business on contracting with schools, colleges and corporations to manage their foodservice programs. But recently the company got into the retail business with

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A Healthy Renovation

By Becky Schilling on Jul. 19, 2011

As part of a new contract with Morrison Management Specialists, 428-bed Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has renovated a café into a franchise Au Bon Pain location.

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Merging of Brands

By Becky Schilling on Jul. 15, 2011

Luby’s Culinary Services has partnered with the marketing staff at the new 48-bed West Campus-Texas Children’s Hospital to create a kid-friendly foodservice program. According to Todd Coutee, senior vice president of operations for Luby’

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Refining the Retail Experience

By Elissa Elan on Mar. 08, 2011

Retail operations make up a significant portion of the foodservice business on many college campuses. Three veteran foodservice directors offer advice on how to make retail more profitable. As colleg...

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Exclusive coffee roast debuts

Feb. 15, 2009

Sweet Briar Roast and an updated look are features of the new Daisy Café.

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Product cuttings: Buying salmon

By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 03, 2007

Despite its popularity on restaurant menus, salmon can be tricky to purchase. Wild varieties are numerous and varied and farmed fish can be sourced from countries and facilities with very different standards.

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