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UMass, Amherst places Super Bowl food wager with University of Washington

 Jan. 30, 2015

Ken Toong, executive director of auxiliary enterprises at UMass, is betting a clam bake feast should the Patriots lose. However, he plans on enjoying a crab boil with seven lucky students at the UMass University Club & Restaurant.

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Physicians group blasts children’s hospital for on-site McDonald’s restaurant

 Jan. 30, 2015

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says that Children’s Hospital of Georgia’s decision to include a McDonald’s restaurant on its premises indicates “misaligned interests.”

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Ohio jail accepts proposals from Aramark for food services

Jan. 30, 2015

Despite bad publicity about the company’s food delivery services in state facilities, Lorain County officials say they have a good working relationship with Aramark.

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SNA pushes for increased reimbursements, relaxed nutrition standards in report

Jan. 29, 2015

The School Nutrition Association’s latest position paper calls on Congress to consider changes prior to the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act reauthorization.

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What to eat: Voice of the people

By Paul King on Jan. 29, 2015

A new study of how consumers choose where and what to eat packed some surprises for the researchers who compiled it.

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Watch out Google, a Maine business is stepping up its cafeteria game

Jan. 28, 2015

Google’s not the only one catering to workers. From brick-oven pizza to made-to-order sushi, diagnostic technology lab Idexx retains its employees and boosts their productivity by keeping them well-fed.

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Humboldt State University tops list of game day recycling programs

Jan. 28, 2015

Humboldt State University and the University of Louisiana both ranked in the top 10 of more than 50 schools in the U.S. that prevented large amounts of trash produced during football games from being buried in landfills.

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Where does the buffet stop and food theft start on campus?

Jan. 28, 2015

College students consider take-away food a privilege of expensive meal plans, but one university says stolen food adds up to $50,000 annually.

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Mayor in Maine pushes cafeterias to serve more fish

Jan. 28, 2015

Michael Brennan, Mayor of Portland, Maine, wants local schools, hospitals and prison cafeterias to start serving more locally-sourced fish to boost Maine’s commercial fishing industry.

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School drops National School Lunch and Breakfast program, sees success with student-run bistro

Jan. 28, 2015

Continental breakfast is free for everyone while lunch is free for only students, with employees paying $4. The self-sustaining bistro offers international recipes and gets some of its food from the in-house aquaponics garden.

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