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Refining the Retail Experience

 By Elissa Elan on Mar. 08, 2011

Retail operations make up a significant portion of the foodservice business on many college campuses. Three veteran foodservice directors offer advice on how to make retail more profitable. As colleg...

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University of North Texas leads First Goldies Awards

 Mar. 03, 2011

March 3—The University of North Texas led the pack with wins in two categories for the inaugural Goldies Awards, presented by The Culinary Institute of America and FoodService Director. UNT won in th...

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Nona Golledge named 2010 FSD of the Year

Mar. 03, 2011

March 3—Nona Golledge, director of KU Dining Services, is the FSD of the Year for 2010. Golledge was honored for her achievement at FoodService Director’s 9th annual MenuDirections conference, held Fe...

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MenuDirections 2011 wrap-up

By Paul King on Mar. 02, 2011

Last weekend, FoodService Director and CSP Information Group gave New Orleans a small but, I’m sure, much-appreciated shot in the arm when the city hosted our ninth annual MenuDirections conference. We had record attendance, which meant more than 200 people contributing financially to the restaurant, bar and tchotchke businesses in town.

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Countdown to MenuDirections

By Paul King on Feb. 24, 2011

This Sunday at noon, we will kick off our ninth annual MenuDirections conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans. All of the pieces are falling into place for what could be our best conference ever.

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The death of compromise?

By Paul King on Feb. 21, 2011

I read an interesting OpEd piece in the Los Angeles Times last week, about the return to “normalcy” in the Longworth Building cafeteria at the U.S. House of Representatives. The writer was celebrating the fact that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s greening initiative in the cafeteria apparently has failed.

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Change of Course

Feb. 18, 2011

Brent Craig, director of nutrition services at 57,000-student Douglas County School District in Castle Rock, Colo., always wanted to be a veterinarian. Some stumbling blocks along the road, however,...

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FSD’s 2010 Catering Survey

Feb. 18, 2011

Among our 276 respondents, 82% offer catering. Virtually everyone in B&I and colleges provides this service, while 94% of hospitals, 74% of schools and 68% of long-term care facilities do.

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IFMA selects 2011 Silver Plate winners

Feb. 14, 2011

Diane Hardy, associate vice president for Campus Services at the University of Richmond, achieved a rare feat last week when she was named winner of the IFMA Silver Plate Award in the College and Univ...

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Tooth of the matter

By Paul King on Feb. 03, 2011

While trolling the Web for news late last week, I came across a story from The Washington Post regarding one-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. The Ohio Democrat, a member of the House of Representatives, had sued Restaurant Associates for $150,000 over a broken tooth.

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