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Food Management News Briefs
August 25, 2008  

Siddiqui to Head Dining at Washington-St. Louis U.
Nadeem Siddiqui has been named manager of dining services at Washington University in St. Louis ...more


SNA Report: Healthy Food Use Growing in Schools
The trend towards more healthful school meal choices continues this fall with district nutrition programs emphasizing whole grains, fruits and vegetables while cutting back on trans fats, added sugar and sodium, according to the School Nutrition Association's 2008 Back to School Nutrition Trends Report ...more



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Check our FM's Photo Galleries on the FM web site
Our editors often bring back many more pictures from onsite events than there is room to run in the pages of the magazine. We've recently begun posting the best of these in the new photo gallery section of our web site. You can find it under "Archives" in the navigation bar on the home page, or click here to check out pictures from the NRA Gold Plate banquet and the recent NACUFS 50th Anniversary banquet...


Via Christi to Take Over Convent's Foodservice
Via Christi Senior Services will take over management of dining and several other services for the Wichita Center, a convent housing 80 Catholic nuns of the St. Louis-based Adorers of the Blood of Christ order ...more


Middleby to Acquire TurboChef
The Middleby Corp. is acquiring high-speed oven manufacturer TurboChef Technologies, Inc., in a deal worth $200 million ...more


Hawaii Sees School Lunch Participation Drop
Hawaii public schools are seeing a decline in the number of students enrolled in the federal free and reduced-price lunch program in the past two years following a drop in enrollment and the opening of more charter schools ...more



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Univ. of Michigan Debuts New Dining Hall
The University of Michigan is opening its new Hill Dining Center as part of its completely renovated Mosher-Jordan Hall residential complex ...more


Three in 10 MN Schools Contract Foodservice: Study
Food service is the most frequently privatized support service among Minnesota schools, according to a report from The Mackinac Center for Public Policy ...more


Sportservice Takes Over Hartford Venue
Delaware North Companies Sportservice has been named the exclusive food and beverage services provider at the XL Center in Hartford, CT., the state's largest indoor sports and entertainment facility ...more


Recess Before Lunch Offers Benefits for NM District
Fourteen of the 24 elementary schools in the Las Cruces (NM) school district have implemented recess before lunch schedules ...more


New Haunts for Taher
Regional foodservice management company Taher, Inc., has opened the latest in its string of commercial restaurant operations in a haunted former mansion in downtown St. Paul, MN ...more


Jefferson Cty. (KY) Tests Elementary Grab-and-Go Meals
Jefferson County (KY) Public Schools are experimenting with a new grab-and-go elementary school lunch option called Pyramid Power Pack meals ...more


Aramark to Manage Georgetown Conference Center
Aramark Higher Education was awarded the contract to manage the Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington, DC ...more


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