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Great Food From Near Rather Than Far
WINNER: RESTAURANT ASSOCIATES AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL ENTRY: SUSTAINABLE DINING PROGRAM THE BIG IDEA: Talking local ingredients is one thing but actually...
Brownbagging Hits a High
Brown-bagged lunches hit a high point in 2007, according to a report from the NPD Group market research organization. The main reason, as might be expected,...
Senior Facility Grows Own Herbs
Residents of RiverWoods, a senior living community in Lewisburg, PA, are enjoying the taste of fresh herbs when they dine in the community's Ridgecrest...
Culinaire Adds Daytime Event Unit
Culinaire is franchising the Picnic People concept through its Food Glorious Food catering unit. Picnic People is an outdoor special event company specializing...
Google's In-house Food Critic
Google, Inc., has become famous for the quality and low price (in fact, no price, since it's all free) of its in-house dining choices. But even the finest...
Hey, What's Your Carbon Impact?
Bon Appetit Management Co. has constructed a low carbon diet calculator that anyone can access to measure the impact of different meal choices on the...
Danny Mayer to Be at New Mets Park
A series of restaurant concepts from the Danny Mayer's Union Square Hospitality Group will be among the foodservice offerings for New York Mets fans in...
Sodexo Reports 3Q Numbers
Sodexo has reported a nine-month revenue increase of 2.5 percent in its 2008 fiscal year, to $16.6 billion (10.2 billion Euros). Revenues in North America...
St. Louis Schools Choose Chartwells/Thompson
St. Louis Public Schools has terminated its foodservice contract with Aramark and turned management of the district's food and nutrition program over...
Aramark Study Supports Trayless Dining
Two research studies from Aramark Higher Education conclude that removing trays from college dining halls reduces food waste significantly, and that customers...
Not Just a Dining Center, But a Dining Epicenter
WINNER: BECTON DICKINSON & CO. ENTRY: CORPORATE CAMPUS CENTER THE BIG IDEA: How do you create community, encourage collaboration and communicate that...
Creating a Safe Space for Special Needs Students
WINNER: SODEXO CAMPUS SERVICES AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENTRY: MY ZONE THE BIG IDEA: Dealing with customers' severe food allergies is a particular...
Boosting Breakfast
WINNER: ARAMARK EDUCATION ENTRY: AMP-UP WITH BREAKFAST THE BIG IDEA: While every public and private school in the U.S. is eligible to get federal funds...
Composting at Cox
The Cox Communications operations in West Warwick, RI, has been collecting organic food waste and shipping it to a composting facility that will turn...
Senate to Privatize Restaurants
The U.S. Senate has voted to privatize its Senate Restaurants foodservice operations, which are expected to be taken over by Restaurant Associates. The...
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