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Local look: Baked-in savings

 Jan. 17, 2017

The food and nutrition team at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison outsources baked goods to a local shop that hires the formerly incarcerated.

Menu

What’s healthy now?

 By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 17, 2017

Technomic’s 2016 Healthy Eating Consumer Trend Report shows younger consumers are especially tuned in to functional foods that promote wellness.

Operations

Robots lend function to everyday operations

By Amy McKeever on Jan. 17, 2017

Automation has opened up in recent years as foodservice operators across the country grapple with labor shortages. Robots now deliver food and make sushi.

People

Should employers pay for multilingual testing?

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Jan. 17, 2017

If a multilingual employee fails a certification exam in English, should an operator pay for a retake in another language?

Operations

District offers free lunch during snow day

By FSD Staff on Jan. 11, 2017

Nearly 180 meals were served throughout the district on Tuesday.

Operations

District tests pricier organic lunches

By FSD Staff on Jan. 10, 2017

If enough of the lunches are sold during a trial run, organic meals will become a permanent weekly fixture.

Operations

5 FSDs named school nutrition heroes

By Alaina Lancaster on Jan. 05, 2017

The directors received the honor for spurring creative initiatives in K-12 foodservice.

Operations

District partners with UCSD to study food waste

By FSD Staff on Jan. 04, 2017

Along with reducing waste, the study’s findings may also be used to revise federal nutrition standards.

People

Getting employees on board with operational changes

By Lynne Eddy on Jan. 03, 2017

It can be tricky to find the balance between listening to your team’s point of view and avoiding giving your power away. You may accept many or few recommendations.

Operations

District finds double benefits in a community-building lunch

By FSD Staff on Jan. 03, 2017

Local police officers and firefighters were on hand to serve Christmas lunch to students.

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