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Compass Group Sponsors Sustainable Agriculture Workshops

 Aug. 13, 2009

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) has named Compass Group North America the lead sponsor for the center’s 2009 “Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture” workshop series....

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SFM Launches Membership Drive

 Aug. 12, 2009

Aug. 12—The Society for Foodservice Management is recruiting all on-site foodservice professionals to become members with its Member-Sponsor-a-Member Campaign, which began Aug. 1. Through Dec. ...

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Paul Parks: School breakfast advocate

By Paul King on Aug. 12, 2009

Paul Parks, former secretary of education for the state of Massachusetts, died last month.

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SNA: Funding, food cost worry directors most

Aug. 11, 2009

Funding and the cost of food and food prep are the issues that most concern school foodservice directors, according to the biannual "State of School Nutrition" survey conducted by the School Nutrition...

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Twitter clutter

By Paul King on Aug. 10, 2009

Social media and how to use it is quickly becoming one of the hottest topics in non-commercial foodservice. I will be presenting a talk on the subject at the upcoming HFM conference in Indian Wells, Calif., and SFM has Michael Atkinson, founder of foodservice social media site FohBoh, on the program at its national conference next month in San Francisco.

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Bon Appétit Chef Competes for Top Chef Title

Aug. 10, 2009

Aug. 10—Preeti Mistry, executive chef at Google’s Charlie’s Café in Mountain View, Calif., a Bon Appétit account, will compete on the 6th season of Bravo’s Top Ch...

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Sodexo Helps Job Corps Celebrate Anniversary

Aug. 04, 2009

Aug. 4—Sodexo will sponsor the National Job Corps Association’s 45th Anniversary Event to be held Sept. 23.   The nationwide event, Job Corps Day: 45 Years of Building Lives and Lau...

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New Orleans Convention Center’s Chef West Resigns

Jul. 31, 2009

July 31-Leon West, executive chef for Aramark at New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, has resigned after 25 years. While a nationwide search for a new executive chef is underway, Pasc...

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Study: Participation Increases when Reduced-Price Category Eliminated

Jul. 30, 2009

July 30-More students who qualify for reduced-price meals will participate when the 40-cent fee is eliminated, according to a new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).  ...

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Nutritional home run

By Paul King on Jul. 29, 2009

FoodService Director magazine no longer typically reports on foodservice in such venues as sports stadiums and arena, amusement parks, cruise ships and state and national parks.

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