Continue to Site >>>

Operations

The latest foodservice management practices, food-safety news and more.
Operations

San Diego cultivates farm-to-school harvest

 Feb. 16, 2015

Currently, 15% of the district’s produce comes from farms in San Diego County, and the rest comes from farms throughout the state.

Operations

Gluten-free products surging

 Feb. 16, 2015

The market for gluten-free foods reached $8.8 billion in 2014, a 63% increase from 2012 numbers, according to recent data from research firm Mintel.

Operations

New Jersey requires parent notification on unpaid meal charges

Feb. 16, 2015

A new law prohibits New Jersey schools from not serving meals to students who have delinquent payment accounts without notifying parents first.

Operations

Fast casual concept signs with contractors

Feb. 16, 2015

Tossed has entered into agreements with the nation’s two largest food management companies to install the concept in contract accounts.

Operations

Ohio school district earns funds for serving lines

Feb. 16, 2015

Just before Christmas, Oak Hills School District in Cincinnati was awarded a federal grant to upgrade equipment at an elementary school.

Operations

Virginia schools say healthy food requirements thwart fund raising efforts

Feb. 16, 2015

Clubs at Virginia high schools say they are limited in what they can sell during fundraisers as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

Operations

Bada Basil a winner for Parkhurst

Feb. 16, 2015

Bada Basil, one of the newest creations from Pittsburgh-based Parkhurst Dining for its college accounts, is outperforming expectations.

Operations

Minnesota bill could provide free breakfast for all K-6 students

Feb. 16, 2015

A free school breakfast for all students up to the sixth grade is one of the plans included in an education bill introduced by state legislators.

Operations

Washington State students GET a cool app

Feb. 16, 2015

Students at Washington State University now have an easier way to order food online and avoid lines at peak periods by using GETFood, a mobile app.

Operations

School offers vaccinations after cafeteria worker confirmed case of Hepatitis A

Feb. 13, 2015

A New Jersey high school will provide teachers and staff with hepatitis A after a cafeteria employee was diagnosed with the contagious infection. The vaccination will be available to anyone who purchased food from the teacher’s cafeteria between Jan. 15 and Jan. 30. where the employee worked.

  • Page 419