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Commuter Plans

 Nov. 18, 2009

Lisa LahijiDir. of Marketing (Lackmann)Hofstra UniversityHempstead, N.Y.During the first month of school, Lackmann Culinary Services ran a meal plan promotion encouraging commuter students to sign up ...

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Cookies for Vets

Nov. 18, 2009

Leonor MaroChief, Nutrition & Food ServiceVA Medical Center East OrangeEast Orange, N.J.We do a Cookies for Vets program where we take fresh-baked cookies to the veterans once a week. We work with the...

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Grandparents’ Day

Nov. 18, 2009

Debrah HerrmannSchool Nutrition DirectorJenkins County SchoolsMillen, Ga.We celebrate Grandparents’ Day by inviting the grandparents to eat breakfast at school. We serve a special breakfast with grits...

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Farm Tour

Nov. 18, 2009

Regenia PhillipsDirector of Residential DiningYale UniversityNew Haven, Conn.We started offering farm tours to our students. Students travel to a farm where they are served a hot breakfast prepared by...

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Flu Meals

Nov. 18, 2009

Richard TurnbullAssociate Dir. of Housing & DiningOregon State UniversityCorvallis, Ore.To combat a flu outbreak, dining services is offering room service for the first time. Students can order flu me...

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Color Coding

Nov. 18, 2009

Jeanine DrakeDirector of Nutrition ServicesFlagstaff Medical CenterFlagstaff, Ariz.A group of employees made it easier to fill floor stock orders, accurately complete food orders and train new staff b...

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Menu Tweets

Nov. 18, 2009

Joe MikolAssistant SupervisorHoover City SchoolsHoover, Ala.We needed to utilize technology better so we started a Twitter page where we post what the day’s menu offerings will be. We knew a lot of ou...

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Military Night

Nov. 18, 2009

Robert CoffeySenior Associate DirectorVirginia Tech UniversityBlacksburg, Va.We held a ‘40s-style military night. The event featured foods and decorations from the 1940’s era. The dining center lends ...

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Food on Film

Nov. 18, 2009

Christine SchwartzDirector of Dining ServicesBates CollegeLewiston, MaineWe held a screening of the food-industry exposé Food, Inc., and held a question-and-answer session afterwards with Gary Hirshbe...

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Café Culture

Nov. 18, 2009

Roger KnyshDirector of Nutrition and FoodservicesFairview HospitalGreat Barrington, Mass. We have café culture theme days. We invite people to come to the kitchen to help us prepare foods they make a...

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