Southern Inspired Salads Solve a Problem

Healthy lunch options increase sales by 55 percent at Oregon State concept.

Cooper’s Creek, a Southern food concept at Oregon State University’s Market West dining hall, had been doing Southern food right for a few months after opening last year. Students and faculty could belly up to barbecue, blackened catfish, fried chicken, jambalaya, beef brisket, shrimp and grits, ribs, gumbo and more. The Southern food was selling great at dinnertime—but at lunch? Not so much. “We just weren’t pulling the numbers at lunch,” says Jay ...

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lbecker
on Feb 27, 2013

Great article and what a success. This is so nutritional and the salads prepackaged for dinner is a wonderful solution.

Ellen Eggers (not verified)
on May 8, 2013

like to learn more.

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