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Institute prescribes fix for hospital food

 Dec. 06, 2004

Hospital foodservice operations can and should improve their menu offerings in a manner that both supports local agriculture and sets an example for consumers to follow, according to a report released last month by Occidental College's Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) and the Center for Food and Justice.

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FSD Research: Measuring Up

 Sep. 13, 2004

Productivity reports are becoming a larger part of the foodservice director's or general manager's responsibilities, according to FSD's 2004 Productivity Performance Survey (see full chart listing b...

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'Bountiful' pear crop prompts buys

Aug. 14, 2003

USDA has announced plans to purchase chicken fajita strips for school lunch and other programs.

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Facilities Innovate with Purchasing, Plates

Aug. 14, 2003

Long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania and Connecticut are controlling costs in different ways: one by standardizing purchases and another using bright-colored plates to increase patient/resident...

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The blame game

Aug. 14, 2003

In New York, the City Council is prohibiting the sale of "junk food" and soda in all city schools during specified hours.

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Pizza tops firm's check average

Aug. 14, 2003

Foodservice sales and customer participation at Manugistics, a software company in Rockville, MD, are up 20% since it introduced pizza, desserts and other items to its menu.

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2003 Catering Performance Study

Aug. 14, 2003

Catering in non-commercial foodservice during 2002 showed double-digit growth in key performance indicators, according to the latest FSD Catering Report (see charts facing)—representing a retu...

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Dining high in the Rockies

Aug. 14, 2003

Valley Services, Inc. has been awarded a three-year f/s operation and management contract with the Mississippi Dept. of Corrections (MDOC), one of the largest corrections contracts in the nation.

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Health Researchers Slam A La Carte Menus in School FS

Aug. 14, 2003

Schools that balance their foodservice budgets by serving more a la carte menu items are short-changing their students nutritionally, according to new research that has already prompted calls for in...

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Hospital FS going wireless

Aug. 14, 2003

The tablets function similarly to palm-size handheld computers, also known as personal digital assistants, or PDAs, in that data is entered on the computer's screen via stylus, or touch, input.

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