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URI Names Mello New Director of Dining

 Jul. 29, 2009

July 29—The University of Rhode Island in Kingston has named Steven Mello as its new director of dining and retail food operations. /*-->*/ Mello has been interim director since No...

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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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SFM Announces Annual Conference Keynote Addresses

Jul. 28, 2009

July 28—The Society for Foodservice Management (SFM) has announced the topics and speakers for the keynote addresses at this year’s annual conference, which will be held Sept. 29 through Oct...

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Food court

By Paul King on Jul. 28, 2009

A New Jersey man, with the support of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, has sued Denny’s Corp. over the levels of sodium in its menu items. Nick DeBenedetto, who according to the suit suffers from hypertension that is controlled by medication, wants Denny’s to disclose the amount of sodium in all its menu items and place a warning about high levels of sodium on the menu.

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Hospitals’ cross to bear

By Paul King on Jul. 24, 2009

I saw an interesting article online the other day, from the Vail Daily newspaper in Colorado. It was about Remedies Café at Vail Valley Medical Center. Apparently, the food is pretty good at Remedies, so much so that people come to the hospital just to eat in the cafeteria.

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Remembering an icon

By Paul King on Jul. 21, 2009

When I was a child, most of my male friends talked about becoming astronauts, or firefighters, or lawyers. And my friends all knew I wanted to be a writer. But I secretly harbored a desire to be Walter Cronkite.

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Green Thumbs

Jul. 21, 2009

Residents, dining services team up to plant garden at CCRC. MECHANICSBURG, Pa.—Dining Services at 115-resident The Bridges at Bent Creek, a continuing care retirement comm­unity...

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Face up: do you Tweet?

By Paul King on Jul. 17, 2009

One of the hottest topics in foodservice has become the issue of social networking and its potential value to the industry.

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Sodexo Makes Agreement with Red Mango

Jul. 16, 2009

July 16—Sodexo has been awarded a master license agreement by Red Mango, a retailer of non-fat frozen yogurt. As a master licensee, Sodexo has been awarded non-exclusive rights to open stores u...

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The Online Revolution

By Lindsey Ramsey on Jul. 15, 2009

It’s almost impossible to overestimate the ways the Internet has changed the way all industries do business. As foodservice directors strive to keep up with advances in technology, several Web-b...

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