FoodService Director

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Quest Food Management Services worked to transform Ober Dining Hall from a closed-off cafeteria to the school’s main hub for connecting on campus.

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Dining Hall Cafeteria 89

Food Management

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Perry Place at Hitt Hall just opened with nine concepts, including a new exclusive brand from celeb chef-campus collaborator Mai Pham.

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Dining Hall Chef 130

Rosseto

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Let’s work together to add that extra touch of elegance and efficiency to your dining experience. The post Elegant Service Carts for Banquet Halls and Dining Halls: Adding Flair to Your Dining Experience appeared first on Rosseto.

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Food Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This and the positive effects of climate labeling on dining hall menu choices are some of the stories you may have missed recently.

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Dining Hall 162

Food Management

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This and a move to minimize college dining hall calorie count visibility are some of the stories you may have missed recently.

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College Dining Hall Dining Hall 147

FoodService Director

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Perry Place at Hitt Hall just opened with nine concepts, including a new exclusive brand from celeb chef-campus collaborator Mai Pham.

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Dining Hall Chef 89

Food Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This and a Georgia college dining hall serving first responders in Hurricane Idalia’s wake are some of the stories you may have missed recently.

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College Dining Hall Dining Hall 130

Food Management

JULY 25, 2023

This and a study on making plant-based choices the default option in dining halls boost are some of the stories you may have missed recently.

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Dining Hall 130

Hospitality Net

JULY 25, 2023

Eating in a university dining hall has traditionally been an experience for students, faculty and other staff to unwind from hectic schedules, socialize and enjoy a meal with friends and colleagues.

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Dining Hall Point of Sale 75

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Even well-funded university dining halls are closing their doors. Vanderbilt University charges roughly $80,000 in tuition annually and still had to shut down its largest dining hall for dinner service. It's not just impacting small franchises or mom-and-pop outfits.

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Dining Hall Food Service Food Service Hospitality 208

Foodservice Equipment Reports

JANUARY 3, 2024

One step the school has taken to accommodate more students is renovating MarketPointe, one of its meal plan dining halls. This past fall, the Cincinnati-based school saw enrollment reach more than 50,000, its most ever.

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Dining Hall Kitchen Design 105

FoodService Director

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Reber-Thomas Dining Center boasts an allergen-friendly area, bake shop and exhibition kitchen.

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Dining Hall 76

FoodService Director

APRIL 25, 2024

University of Florida’s solution for feeding students in the midst of construction of a new dining hall has turned out so well, it will almost be a shame to see it go.

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Dining Hall 97

FoodService Director

APRIL 17, 2024

Michigan State University’s on-campus meat processing facility makes local meat within reach for dining halls, athletic events, catering and collaborations.

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Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Walk into any of our dining halls and you’ll see posters or flyers that encourage students to feed their minds and fuel their bodies with an integrated approach to wellness. Students may not be used to filling their own plates in a traditional dining hall environment. How do I know my plate is balanced?

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Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The dining hall is an integral part of a school – a place for students to spend time together, study, and of course, eat. They want everyone to feel included and represented in the dining program. Jenny engages students at WBU by including them in creative projects to help make the dining hall look and feel welcoming.

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Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

. “It always makes me feel like my job is accomplished when I see people leave the dining hall with a smile on their face.” She works closely with campus clubs and organizations to schedule special events and activities at the dining hall. “When I went to school, dining halls looked a lot different.

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Dining Hall Food Service Food Service Chef 105

FoodService Director

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The farm is installed in the dining hall so students can watch their food grow.

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Dining Hall 81

FoodService Director

AUGUST 2, 2023

The university’s dining halls recently became some of the first foodservice operations in North America to be certified by The Pledge on Food Waste.

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Dining Hall 90

Fresh Ideas

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For Valentine’s Day, he hands out roses and decorates the dining hall for the holiday. Jerry understands how important the dining hall is to the community, and he works to ensure every guest feels welcome and heard. Jerry knows the dining hall helps keep students fueled throughout the day and focused on their academics.

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Dining Hall Catering Catering Food and Beverage 105

FoodService Director

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The winner was crowned “champion” of the Mongolian Station in Commons Dining Hall.

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Dining Hall Chef 83

FoodService Director

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This semester, students who are experiencing food insecurity can request free meal swipes at the dining hall.

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Dining Hall 78

the CAMBRO blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

For years, Kevin Oyler, Dining Services Assistant Manager at Michigan State University , used wire shelving in the dish room at Brody Dining Hall, the largest non-military dining hall in North America. “It Over time, repeated exposure to cleaning chemicals, spilled food and steam can lead to rust and deterioration.

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Dining Hall Commercial Kitchen Food Safety Inventory 100

MenuTrinfo

MARCH 18, 2024

In June of 2022, the school opened the Commons Dining Hall, which excludes peanuts and tree nuts from both production and storage. After learning about the Certified Free From certification offered by MenuTrinfo®, the University embraced its implementation given the school’s commitment to remove all nuts from the dining facility. .”

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Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Fresh Ideas has partnered with Swedish company, Picadeli, to install a tech-enhanced salad bar at its Maryville University dining hall. We go to great lengths to ensure that food is stored and served at optimum temperatures, dining halls are kept clean, and kitchen equipment and facilities are used properly.

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Dining Hall Inventory Food Service Food Service 98

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Remember, the key to withstanding the pressure of warmer climates and crowded dining halls is in pre-emptive action. Furthermore, streamlining your operations for efficient service delivery and empowering your staff through adequate training consolidates the effectiveness of this preparation.

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Lavu

MARCH 24, 2020

Thomas Nguyen of Peli-Peli and Jessica Delgado of Delgado Collective shared these tips, and what they are doing to stay afloat and profitable while dining halls around the world close. Peli-Peli has never offered curbside service and is more of a luxury food chain, but they are quickly adapting to new dining hall closure mandates.

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Dining Hall Point of Sale 92

Bon Appetit Management Company

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Case Western Reserve University celebrated across campus, with special ELC menus in all the dining halls, from tempeh “burnt ends” to maple-glazed squash with caramelized apples and onions. In Mount Vernon, IA, Cornell College got some great local press for their ELC efforts, with three local media outlets onsite on ELC day.

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Dining Hall Chef Purchasing Recipes 85

Lavu

APRIL 9, 2020

Carnivore and the Queen : Carnivore and the Queen is a fine dining hall in Downers Grove, IL, which had to adapt to dining hall closures quickly to stay afloat. Their Easter specials give customers the exceptional dining experience in the comfort of their own home with four servings for each brunch selection.

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Dining Hall Point of Sale Catering Catering 97

Chartwell Student Success

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Our green and red peppers are used in the Fountain View Dining Hall, and the herbs are used at all of our dining locations for seasoning, sauces and garnishes. For the “snip your own herb stations,” are these herbs that have already been cut, and they’re displayed in the dining rooms for guests to help themselves?

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Dining Hall Chef 52

Food Recovery Network

JULY 23, 2024

At a school where one centralized dining hall keeps careful track of pre-consumer, recoverable kitchen scraps, it turned out that the majority of food waste came from post-consumer scraps—food that students took onto their plates and threw away at the end of a meal.

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Dining Hall 52

Bon Appetit Management Company

AUGUST 19, 2024

One thing that I really like is that the team is flexible –they know summer isn’t busy in the dining hall, so they process tomatoes into sauce and make pickles.” “Charlie and Mike (Executive Chef Mike Carlsen) take whatever we grow, and we do drop-offs after we do our harvests,” says Aley.

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Dining Hall Purchasing Chef 115

Food Recovery Network

AUGUST 29, 2024

Whether you're packing a school lunch for yourself or a family member, eating a cafeteria lunch, or a college student eating in a dining hall, FDA has tips to reduce your contribution to food waste. Eating in a Cafeteria or Dining Hall Before purchasing a meal, take a moment to think about how hungry you are.

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School Lunch Dining Hall Cafeteria FDA 52

Fresh Ideas

JUNE 7, 2023

Farm-to-table is a popular social movement that promotes using local ingredients to produce the food we consume at home, in restaurants, and inside our dining halls. One example of using hyper-local ingredients in our dining program is seen at Midland University. The garden also helps reduce food waste on campus.

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Bon Appetit Management Company

JANUARY 19, 2024

She’s been instrumental in furthering sustainability initiatives for Bon Appétit Management Company’s operations at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN, from the dining hall to the campus farm and beyond during her time at the college. Katy Maher, MPH, RDN, LDN is a superstar.

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Dining Hall Campus Dining Purchasing Nutrition 78

Bon Appetit Management Company

JANUARY 9, 2024

This thoughtful approach to caring for the land supports a productive harvest as well, yielding over 5,500 pounds of produce per year, nearly 100% of which is purchased by the Bon Appétit team at Butler University to serve in the dining hall in Atherton Union.

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Dining Hall Purchasing 89

Lavu

MAY 1, 2020

The London Plane: Yasuaki Saito, a partner at London Plane in Seattle, expressed their overwhelming stress of replacing sales when dining halls were ordered to close and needed to think of a way to keep their staff working and use their current inventory.

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Dining Hall Food Service Food Service Point of Sale 78