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Bountiful Brands

 Feb. 18, 2010

Creating a successful self-brand takes consistency and quality. Establishing a new self-brand can be tricky; trying to develop something familiar, but that still stands out. FSD spoke with two operat...

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2009 Catering Survey: Catering's new reality

 Feb. 17, 2010

Dining services at the 11,700-student University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., has had two major issues to deal with in recent months: a failing economy and a struggling football team. Unfortunately, both events have hit catering sales equally hard.

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FitzVogt new foodservice provider for Wingate Healthcare

Feb. 12, 2010

FEBRUARY 12—Fitz, Vogt & Associates is the new foodservice provider for Wingate Healthcare in Needham, Mass. Wingate Healthcare operates 17 nursing homes, two brain trauma centers and one assisted liv...

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Tempest in a Tweet-pot

By Paul King on Feb. 12, 2010

How powerful has the world of Facebook and Twitter become? Strong enough, apparently, to create controversy where none exists.

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Vilsack: Reauthorization needed to help combat childhood obesity, hunger

Feb. 11, 2010

FEBRUARY 11—On a conference call with more than 800 foodservice professionals, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act is needed to help curb obesity a...

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NJ hospital directors give back

Feb. 08, 2010

FEBRUARY 8—Recently, attendees at the Greater New Jersey Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (GNJSHFSA) donated $5,000 to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. Of the amount, $4,000 wa...

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Passion project

By Becky Schilling on Feb. 08, 2010

In my two-plus years covering the non-commercial foodservice industry, I’ve learned a lot. But one of the great things I’ve learned is that the people who work in this field are, by and large, passionate people who love to share what they are doing to help others.

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2009 Compensation Study

Feb. 01, 2010

Average salaries grew in 2008, but at a slower pace than previous years, and directors in the Northeast reported the highest earnings, according to FSD's 2009 Compensation Study.

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In memory of Ernie Collins

By Paul King on Jan. 29, 2010

I don’t know how true it is that opposites attract, except in magnetism, but when opposites are attracted to one another, they can be very successful together. Ernie Collins and Fedele Bauccio are proof of that.

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Longtime Purdue VP announces retirement

Jan. 28, 2010

Jan. 28—John Sautter, vice president for housing and food services at 39,000-student Purdue University, announced that he will retire, effective June 30, after nearly 40 years at the university. ...

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