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5 things: Cafeteria worker accused of theft

This and more are the things you missed for the week of May 14.

Becky Schilling, Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

May 18, 2018

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Each Friday I compile a list that highlights five things you probably missed in the news that week and why you should care about them.

Here’s your list for the week of May 14:

1. Cafeteria worker accused of theft

A cafeteria worker in Camden, Ark., has been accused of stealing nearly $28,000 in money students paid for school breakfasts and lunches from the school’s meal program. This isn’t the first time a cashier has been accused of stealing funds meant for a meal program. This one, however, pales in comparison to last year’s accused $1.1 million theft from the cafeteria at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital.

Read more: Cafeteria worker facing theft count

2. University offering meal plan scholarship

Brown University is offering a new scholarship to help students purchase campus meal plans, as well as offering additional financial assistance for purchasing books. Both come after increased publicity around food insecurity on college campuses. The meal plan move will give students with the highest rates of financial need an additional $3,000 to purchase a meal plan, something the university is now requiring all first-year students purchase. 

Read more: University to offer funds for meal plans, textbooks

3. UK teachers: Students being denied free meal due to immigration status

Some teachers in UK schools are saying students are not getting free meals promised by the government because of their parents’ immigration status. All students in year 1 and year 2 schools in England receive free school meals and all refugees get free meals. But some teachers are saying their students are not receiving those meals because their parents’ benefits are limited under a condition known as “no recourse to public funds.” When parents have that condition, their students don’t receive the free meals, but teachers say those children are often the poorest and have the greatest need for free meals. The condition is part of immigration rules introduced in 2012 that block those granted limited leave to remain in the UK from receiving benefits, including those free school meals.

Read more: Children 'denied free school meals because of parents' immigration status'

4. College turns coffee shop into basic needs cafe
With all the news surrounding food insecurity on college campuses, UC Santa Cruz is taking action. Its dining services is working with other campus groups to turn a coffee shop into a basic needs café. The lower part of the café will remain a student study space, offering free coffee and tea along with educational programming. The upper part will transform into a food pantry and demonstration kitchen.

Read more: Cowell coffee shop to transform into a basic needs cafe

5. Compass nabs MIT contract
MIT has selected Compass Group, more specifically Bon Appetit and Restaurant Associates, as its new food management company, beginning July 1. Aramark and Sodexo both also bid on the contract.

Read more: MIT selects Compass Group for new dining contract

Bonus: Whitsons takes Meatless Monday to 95 districts

Contact Becky Schilling at [email protected].
Follow her on Twitter: @bschilling_FM

About the Author

Becky Schilling

Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

Becky Schilling is Food Management’s editor-in-chief, and the group content director for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, managing editorial for digital, print and events for Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News media brands. Becky holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas A&M University and a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Before joining Food Management in 2014, Becky was with FoodService Director magazine for seven years, the last two as editor-in-chief. Becky is a history nerd and a sports fanatic, especially college football—Gig'em Ags—and tennis. A born and raised Texan, Becky currently resides in New York City.

Becky Schilling’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), foodservice menus, operational best practices and innovation.

Becky Schilling is a frequent speaker at industry events including The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) and The Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management (SHFM).

Becky Schilling’s experience:

Group Content Director, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (Feb. 2020-present)

Editor-in-chief Food Management (Nov. 2014-present)

Director of Content Strategy & Optimization, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (March 2019-Feb. 2020)

Editor-in-chief, Supermarket News (April 2019-March 2019)

Executive Editor, Supermarket News (July 2016-April 2017)

Editor-in-chief, FoodService Director magazine (March 2013-Oct. 2014)

Managing Editor (FoodService Director magazine (March 2012-March 2013)

Associate Editor (FoodService Director magazine (Nov. 2007-March 2012)

Contact Becky Schilling at:

[email protected]

@bschilling_FM

https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-schilling-39194ba/

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