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Top 15 K-12 food service stories of 2023

Food Management

The year’s top K-12 stories tracked how school nutrition programs and providers tackled issues like labor shortages and product availability to keep kids fed with nutritious meals.

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Back to School: Food and labor costs will continue to challenge K-12 meal programs in 2023-24

Food Management

Finding sufficient and compliant products, as well as enough bodies to prepare and serve them, are top-of-mind issues for school foodservice operators in the coming year.

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State of K-12 foodservice: Full 2023 survey results

FoodService Director

This data compiled by FoodService Director comes from information provided by 141 K-12 operators in April and May 2023.

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Yet another E. coli Outbreak in Children linked to Animal Exhibit – this time in Tennessee – Again

Bill Marler

Summary On October 3, 2023, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) Northeast Regional Office was notified of two cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). School districts sent the survey during October 9 12 to parents of children in classes that participated in the animal exhibit.

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Clostridium Perfringens Linked to BBQ

Bill Marler

An outbreak of likely Clostridium perfringens was investigated by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Jefferson County Public Health starting on August 22, 2023. That day, a school nurse at Evergreen County Day School reported 40 or so illnesses following a school event on August 21, 2023. perfringens.

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Back to School With Chris Derico, SNA President

Foodservice Equipment Reports

To find out the latest happenings in K-12 foodservice, FER recently checked in with Chris Derico, child nutrition director for Barbour County Schools, Philippi, W.Va. He also serves as the 2023-2024 president of the School Nutrition Association. It’s back to school for students.

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MRM Research Roundup: Labor Struggles, Holiday Habits, and Food Truck Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Dishwashers were found to be the second most challenging role to fill, accounting for 12 percent of all open roles. A 2023 study by Toast found that 30 percent of staff in the restaurant industry are at risk of leaving in the next two years, highlighting an equally concerning high turnover rate within this sector. Washington D.C.’s