http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/ Read about the latest innovating companies and people in the food management business from FM's RSS feed. en-us http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/spartan-diet-gets-major-makeover0312 AS YOU ENTER THE NEWLY RENOVATED South Pointe Cafeteria at Case Hall on the campus of Michigan State University, the first sight you see is Great Lakes Plate, a food station that emphasizes dishes associated with the upper Midwest, made with locally sourced, authentic ingredients. On the day FM visited, the lunch fare included Five-Way Cincinnati or Vegetarian Chili, Bread Bowls and Smoked Brisket fm_innovator Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/tech-revolution1211 In 1998, Texas Tech University Hospitality Services (TTHS) had department revenues of around $8.2 million. Today, it's more than $32 million and is budgeted for $37 million next fiscal year. That record was achieved while enrollment grew only about 25 percent, and the size of the residential population grew not at all. In other words, all that growth was real, achieved through identifying and then fm_innovator Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/hybrid-mini-mart1211 Sam's Place is a mini-market concept that combines a c-store component featuring a modest selection of retail packaged goods with a strong foodservice component, including both grab-and-go and fresh hot choices. There are currently six full-sized Sam's units and four Express versions (modest-sized kiosks) of the concept around campus. The largest, Sam's West, opened in September 2009 and currently fm_innovator Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/making-a-splash1211 Want to see a great recruiting tool? Walk prospective students around Texas Tech's pool/waterpark complex, an outdoor rec area featuring fun stuff like chutes and slides, and semi-serious stuff like a lap pool. It also has its own Sam's Place outlet that sells gourmet sandwiches, hot dogs, fresh-baked cookies and other sweets and, the favorites, fresh salads and smoothies. When the pool is open (into fm_innovator Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/dining-at-student-union1211 The Student Union at Texas Tech incorporates both a standard food court (Union Plaza) with an array of stations including both national branded and in-house concepts, and a retail corridor where Texas Tech Hospitality Services (TTHS) operates five concepts (including a Sam's Place mini market), and will soon add another called Chef's Platter serving fare like wings and street tacos. The Union formerly fm_innovator Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/swedish-hospital-breaks-new-ground1011 It's no secret that there haven't been many new hospitals constructed in this country over the last decade. The national total of acute care facilities has been in decline since the 1980s, a victim of increased outpatient treatment, budget cutbacks and managed care pressures. So you tend to listen closely when you're told Seattle's Swedish Medical Center is putting the finishing touches on a new hospital fm_innovator Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/orange-county-schools-big-turnaround-0711 Orange County (FL) Schools boasts one of the school nutrition segment's most dramatic success stories. fm_innovator Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/lean-mean-quality-machine-0611 The new C4C dining facility on the CU-Boulder campus offers a spectacular center of attention, but dining' main focus is on quality improvement across all its operations. fm_innovator Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/wellness-mission-out-of-community-0511 Maine Health partners with schools, businesses, hospitals in broad wellness initiative. fm_innovator Sun, 01 May 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://food-management.com/fm_innovator/blueprint-for-change-0511 At the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center, an impressive retail café renovation is only one of many improvements being put into place. fm_innovator Sun, 01 May 2011 12:00:00 EDT