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Sodexo names Bellinger to advisory board

March 3—Sodexo has named Patricia Bellinger to its North American Advisory Board. The board is made up of “a group of respected leaders, academicians and entrepreneurs whose recommend...

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2010 Silver Plate Winners Announced

March 1—A former FoodService Director FSD of the Year and two former FSDs of the Month headline the 2010 class of Silver Plate Awards, presented by the International Food Manufacturers Association.&#...

I had planned this week to regale readers with details of my wonderfully enlightening trip to Chile, and I still will do that, as well as post a photo slide show of the tour. But the trip had a somber aftermath, with the devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country early Saturday morning.

FEBRUARY 25—A study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that eliminating whole milk and changing from low-fat to fat-free chocolate milk did not decrease students’ milk co...

Feb. 25—Aramark Business Dining has joined with Cooking Light magazine in an exclusive multiyear agreement that will provide Cooking Light recipes and more to Aramark’s 25 North American B&I locat...

Feb. 22—Pasco County Schools has added 60 new vending machines that offer only healthy snacks to its secondary campuses.The machines, which were purchased with grant money from the Dairy Council of Fl...

No one ever wants to face a natural or man-made disaster. But planning for one can make all the difference when the inevitable occurs. Last month, at roughly the same time that Haiti was attempting t...

Feb. 18—Metz & Associates has announced three new additions to its management team. Ryan McNulty has joined Metz as director of culinary development. In his new role he will set culinar...

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...

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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