Culinary Services Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In senior living, culture is at the forefront of everything. While their lives may not look the same as they did when they were community-dwelling, you and your staff play a huge role in making them as close to home as possible—starting in your community’s kitchen and dining room.

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Culinary Services Group

JULY 10, 2024

Between finding the right living arrangement and ensuring they’ll have the appropriate number of social engagements (and everything in between), you have a lot to cover — including your dining program. What does your food service management program currently look like? Why Does Consistency Matter? Ready to learn more?

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Culinary Services Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In 2021, we wrote a blog about increasing food costs as the world was still grappling with the aftereffects of COVID-19. As the leader of a senior living community (SLC), we know you undoubtedly feel the burden of the price jump. Here are some things we recommend for waste reduction strategies for senior living communities.

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Culinary Services Group

JANUARY 29, 2025

Hospitals are already starting to reform their dining programs; now its time to spread this to inpatient addiction and recovery services. In this blog, well dive into how addiction impacts the body and explore nutrition’s essential role in the recovery process. What are the physical effects of addiction?

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Culinary Services Group

JULY 25, 2024

Did you know that techniques for staffing your dining program in a senior living community differ from hiring in a dine-in restaurant? Why allow these gaps to fall on your shoulders and increase your workload, when you can hire quality staff (and a stellar food service management program partner) to help you? CSG can help.

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Culinary Services Group

JUNE 12, 2024

If you’re like most senior living leadership staff, you’re feeling the pressure to increase your number, and fast. In 2023, we shared our best practices for retaining food service employees. At Culinary Services Group, we believe that resident satisfaction starts with a happy and healthy staff.

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Culinary Services Group

MARCH 27, 2024

Food Safety Policies and Procedures Following the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) F-tag guidelines is no easy challenge. While this is for senior living and long-term care facilities, many of the same guidelines are used for providing nutrition care in other settings. You might even notice some on this list!

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Culinary Services Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

At Culinary Services Group, we believe a pleasant communal space is essential to the dining experience, so that’s why we include this seating style in our plans. Another element we incorporate into the communities we serve involves one of our Culinary Promise: to create a culture of trust.

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Culinary Services Group

MARCH 27, 2025

In December of 2024, we predicted three nutrition-focused things that senior living and health organizations would focus on: personalized dining plans, increased resident involvement, and memorable table experiences. Read more about how we do this in our blog The Freedom of Culinary Choice.

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