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Gain inspiration from your colleagues by "stealing" their ideas.
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Meet the Chef

 Jan. 04, 2009

Mary Lou Kennedy Director of Dining and Bookstore Services Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine After I become aware of a student with a food allergy, I go through the menu with them and give them...

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Online Take-Out

 Jan. 04, 2009

Legia Abato District Marketing Manager Texas Christian University Forth Worth, Texas We knew that some students had classes that preclude them from using their meal plans for lunch, so we crea...

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Greek Compost

Jan. 04, 2009

Joe Mullineaux Senior Assistant Director University of Maryland College Park, Md. Last year, several of the fraternity and sorority houses expressed interest in composting.  So we develop...

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Sell Extras

Jan. 04, 2009

Richard Hansen Retail Chef Manager Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park, Minn. Many times we have items left over from our patient tray line. Because we don’t want to waste th...

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Reuse Breakfast Items

Jan. 04, 2009

Veronica McLymont Director Food and Nutrition Services Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York Waste management is very important to us, so if we overproduce something, we try to find...

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Birthday Baskets

Jan. 04, 2009

Mark Czapp Director of Support Services Spring Grove Area School District Spring Grove, Pa. We have a birthday basket parents can order for students. The basket has healthy, individually wrapp...

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Lunch Lady Feud

Jan. 04, 2009

Michelle Hyman Foodservice Director (Aramark)     Berwyn School District Berwyn, Ill. When I do training, I try to do fun things for my staff. This way they remember what th...

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Halt Printing

Jan. 04, 2009

Kathy Kane Foodservice Director Michigan City Schools Michigan City, Ind. Each month we were printing out lots of low balance letters. We realized we were using a lot of paper and ink to send ...

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Role Play

Jan. 04, 2009

John Martin Foodservice Director Edwardsville Community Unit District 7 Schools Edwardsville, Ill. I created role-playing skits on customer service to do at our summer training. One was about ...

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Chef and Child

Jan. 04, 2009

Costa Magoulas Coordinator of Culinary Operations Volusia County School District DeLand, Fla. In an effort to get more community involvement in our program, we started the Chef and Child Prog...

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