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Meal Exchange

 Jul. 21, 2009

Ken Toong Executive Director University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mass.  We are going to extend our meal exchange program to UNH starting this fall. Students in the meal plan can now di...

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Film and Food

 Jul. 21, 2009

Cindy Frazier Director of Nutrition Services Desert Sands Unified School District La Quinta, Calif. We wanted to increase our breakfast participation so we started a breakfast and a movie pr...

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Staff Cookbook

Jul. 21, 2009

Randall Pentecost Executive Chef San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington, N.M. We compiled hospital employee and chef's recipes to produce a cookbook that was then sold by the hospital's...

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Beach Party

Jul. 21, 2009

J. Michael Floyd Executive Director of Dining Services University of Georgia Athens, Ga.  This year we decided to make our end-of-the-year celebration a Beach Blast. Each dining commons...

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Shared Prizes

Jul. 21, 2009

Mickey Sellard Manager, Dining Services Golden Living Fort Smith, Ark. As prizes for our customer appreciation days we give away "milkshake breaks for four," "a dozen warm coo...

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Farm Food

Jul. 21, 2009

Rick Beckler Director of Hospitality Sacred Heart Hospital Eau Claire, Wisc. To reduce waste, we take all of our food scraps and donate them to a local farmer for him to feed his animals. We...

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Local Partners

Jul. 21, 2009

Dennis Dittfurth Director of Hospitality Services Northeast Methodist Hospital San Antonio Look into affiliations with local organizations for recruiting help. A lot of high schools and comm...

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Cheap & Healthy

Jul. 21, 2009

Dave Manz District Mngr., Parkhurst Dining Svcs. Bayer Corp. Pittsburgh We partnered with Bayer's Health Services team to create a Wellness Works menu. Each week our chef creates a menu with...

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Managers’ Swap

Jun. 12, 2009

Mary Lou Henry Foodservice Director Knox County Schools Knoxville, Tenn. Realizing there’s no better training than one’s peers, I developed a mangers’ inservice panel. Fift...

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Meeting Place

Jun. 12, 2009

Mickey Sellard Manager, Dining Services Golden Living Fort Smith, Ark. To draw more associates to the dining center, we invite different community groups to use the space one day a week to s...

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