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More in Store

 Aug. 14, 2005

Campus c-store revenue grew 10% last year, according to FSD research. Campus-based convenience stores averaged nearly $618,000 in revenue last year, up from $563,000 the year before. More than half (...

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Having it Their Way

 By Jennifer Alexis on Jul. 14, 2005

Hospice gives new meaning to patient-focused meal service. It’s lucky for Sheryl Edson Harding, RD, that minutes from San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care there are three major supermarkets an...

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2005 Menu Development Survey: Dishing it out

Jun. 14, 2005

Non-commercial menus today exceed their forebears with regard to health and nutritional benefit, not to mention taste and convenience. But a host of business issues make menu development more challenging than ever.

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Iowa's Urge to Burge

By Jennifer Alexis on Jun. 14, 2005

No amount of planning can eliminate all surprises in renovations. In Iowa City, they sure gave it the college try. Hindsight may be 20/20, but a good dose of foresight can prevent the need to utter t...

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Kentucky Gives it the Gas

By Karen Weisberg on May 14, 2005

Statewide equipment conversion to save $500,000+ annually. Often it takes a pair of fresh eyes on the job to objectively size up an operation and—given that those eyes belong to an experienced ...

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UNC Dining a Slam Dunk

By Jennifer Alexis on May 14, 2005

New facility for Tarheels—meeting residential, convenience and leisure dining needs—is a winning combination. Mandatory meal plans on college and university campuses can guarantee a stead...

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2005 Portability Study: Meals on the move

Mar. 14, 2005

Students at the University of North Colorado, in Greeley, started clamoring for lunches-to-go in the early 1990s, just as the trend for portable meals started to heat up.

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Finding Wealth in Health

Feb. 14, 2005

There’s no question non-commercial foodservice operators are striving to make menus more healthful. The question is: should they bother? Dining Services at Rutgers University i...

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Cafe is Right on Time

By Karen Weisberg on Feb. 14, 2005

The view can’t be beat, but it’s a focus on food that has a new B&I operation in New York serving more than 1,000 meals a day. What a shame that Frederick Law Olmsted, the 19th centur...

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Texas Turnaround

By Jennifer Alexis on Jan. 14, 2005

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas invests in foodservice and reaps the rewards of greater sales and customer counts. Technology has eased labor burdens in and out of the kitchen, and innovations contin...

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