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The FSD advisory board

As we roll into the month of May, FoodService Director prepares to introduce a new advisory board, whose members will help guide us in planning our editorial calendars and our MenuDirections conference, and provide a sounding board for what works, what doesn’t work and what could work better in the pages of FoodService Director and foodservicedirector.com.

Operations

Taking Time to Track

The first self-operated dining hall at 31,500-student Georgia State University gave GSU’s Insourced Dining Services the opportunity to implement a new waste management system, says Suzanne Paltz, dining hall manager.

Earlier this month, I drove up to the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., to sit in on one of the sessions of the Culinary Enrichment and Innovation Program. The topic was wellness, and when I arrived the chefs were in the kitchen creating some healthy dishes for lunch.

Wayne Roe, executive chef for Sodexo at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, spent the first 30-plus years of his career in commercial restaurants. After doing “everything there was to...

With the concept of sustainability well into its second decade, a number of operators have found that their programs have begun to stagnate. There may be one or more reasons: customers and staff may b...

At a Glance: Steve Sweeney •President and CEO •Chartwells, Rye Brook, N.Y. •Years in foodservice: 35 •Years at Compass Group: 30 •Meals per day: 3,484,000 •An...

At a Glance: Dee Hardy •Associate Vice President for Campus Services •The University of Richmond, Richmond, Va. •Years in foodservice: 36 •Years at the University of Rich...

George Miller Jr. has been involved with Air Force foodservice for a long time—more than 45 years. But the chief of Air Force Food and Beverage Operations hasn’t run out of ideas yet. At a...

There once was a time when, if you were a resident student at a college or university, you had to purchase a meal plan. More often than not, it was a standard, 19-meal-per-week program, and it led to a fair amount of complaining about missed meals, and women subsidizing the men due to the relative amounts of food consumed by each gender.

April 18—The Society for Foodservice Management brought together operators in colleges, hospitals and B&I to discuss the latest trends and challenges at its annual Critical Issues Conference, which wa...

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