Kelsey Nash is a digital editor for FoodService Director. Prior to joining FoodService Director, she specialized in B2B creative across a number of industries, including financial services, foodservice, construction and insurance.
Kelsey studied journalism and political science at Indiana University and currently lives in Chicago. She has yet to meet a burger she doesn’t like.
In a bid to meet customers’ growing interest in plant-based dishes, foodservice vendor Aramark will soon roll out a number of new meatless dishes on the college campuses it serves.
Some of the new plant-centric items it’s taking to colleges this fall include the Greek-inspired Spanakopita Quesadilla, an open-faced sandwich topped with roasted butternut squash and the Sweet Potato Smash sandwich (sweet potato, cranberry sauce and goat cheese on ciabatta bread).
Nearly a third (30%) of the entrees Aramark serves up at colleges are either vegetarian or vegan, the...
$1.5 million will be used to increase farm-to-school programs in the state.
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Foodservice operators are tasked with doing more with less—and managing food inventory is no exception.
All foodservice operations want to keep inventory at minimum, and operators are reducing the ingredients needed in their kitchens through strategic and savvy menu building.
There are a few primary reasons for the reduction in ingredients: cost, quality and space. By buying larger quantities, an operator can get better per unit ingredient costs. And by functioning on a limited number of ingredients, the inventory is used faster...
Bakersfield City School District is expanding the number of schools participating in a program to donate leftover cafeteria food to local shelters, Bakersfield.com reports.
The program, called Waste Hunger, Not Food, began last April in partnership with the county health department. Due to its initial success, the program is expanding from one elementary school to six schools starting this school year.
Under the program, students place unopened milk cartons, whole fresh foods and unopened prepackaged food that they don’t want into three separate bins. The health department...
