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Football Kick-Off

Oct. 28, 2009

Annemarie Price Operations Manager Martinsburg VA Medical Center Martinsburg, W.V. Last year we started an NFL kick-off party. We have a wing bar with four different types of wings, a popcorn machine...

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Menu Ideas

 Oct. 28, 2009

Denny Lawrence General Manager (Bon Appétit) George Fox University Newberg, Ore. I put up butcher paper the week prior to finals with a call for the students to tell us what they’d like to eat the la...

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‘Green’ Expo

Oct. 28, 2009

Tim Johnson Executive Chef Johnson County Community College Overland Park, Kan. We invited local farmers and businesses to an expo so that they could promote their businesses and their good sustainab...

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Coded Menus

Oct. 28, 2009

JoAnne Robinett Student Nutrition Supervisor Beavercreek City Schools Beavercreek, Ohio We have a four-week cycle menu. To make it easy for students and parents to know what is for lunch, I color cod...

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Green Barbecue

Oct. 28, 2009

UMass Dining partnered with the Center for Student Development to host a ‘Green’ Barbecue. Many items on the menu were from local farmers or local industry. Everything was compostable or able to be recycled, including the plates and utensils.

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Time Warp

Oct. 28, 2009

Mark Galvin Director of Nutrition & Food Services Piedmont Hospital Atlanta Once a month we pick a theme, decorate and allow the employees to dress up for the day. It has been a a huge morale booster...

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Bus ‘N Breakfast

Oct. 28, 2009

Julie Farris Child Nutrition Director Rockwall Independent School District Rockwall, Texas Last year we encouraged breakfast participation with a Bus ‘N Breakfast promotion. From October through Febr...

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Ramadan Options

Oct. 28, 2009

Julaine Kiehn Director of Campus Dining Services University of Missouri Columbia, Mo. A student who is a member of the Muslim Student Organization met with me last winter to request that we consider ...

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Colored Fries

Oct. 28, 2009

Mary Lou Henry Foodservice Director Knox County Schools Knoxville, Tenn. One way we introduced sweet potato fries to the students was to include them in a themed Orange and White Day, which we do qui...

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Move Trays

Oct. 27, 2009

Dan Henroid Director of Nutrition & Food Services UCSF Medical Center San Francisco We were spending more money on disposable trays than anything else. So we did something simple. We moved them behin...

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