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Centerplate to Be Acquired by Equity Firm
Centerplate has signed a definitive merger agreement with an affiliate of private equity firm Kohlberg & Company, LLC, to be acquired in an all cash transaction ...more


Penn State Opens All-Healthy Dining Hall
Penn State University has converted one of its campus dining halls into an all-healthy-all-the-time venue ...more



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SNA: School Lunch Cost Up 10% in One Year
The average cost to prepare a school lunch has increased 10 percent since the 2007-2008 school year, according to a report published by the School Nutrition Association ...more


Survey: Exec Lunch Breaks Getting Shorter
In a recent survey by the OfficeTeam staffing services firm, company executives say their lunch break has shrunk by about seven minutes in the past five years, to an average of 35 minutes ...more


ASHFSA Names President-Elect, New Board Members
The American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA) has named Denisa Cate, MS, RD, LDN, DHCFA, director of Food & Nutrition Services at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, TN, to the position of president-elect ...more


Aramark Ops Out of Florida Prisons Contrac
Aramark plans to stop serving meals at Florida prisons in January ...more



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Boston College Opens Local Foods Eatery
Boston College Dining Services has launched a new dining location called Addie's Loft that features dishes made primarily with locally grown ingredients ...more


Las Vegas Looks to Ads on Foodservice Trucks for Revenue
As many as 28 Clark County (NV) School District food service trucks could carry commercial advertising sometime next year, generating as much as $1.4 million in additional revenue ...more


Mets, Aramark in Joint Venture
The New York Mets and Aramark have launched Metropolitan Hospitality, a joint business venture creating a year-round hospitality destination for non-gameday events at Citi Field, the Mets’ new ballpark scheduled to open next year ...more


Study: Limiting Pop in Schools Has Limited Impact
Limiting soft drink availability in schools may only have a modest effect on overall soft drink consumption among elementary school children, suggests a study ...more


USDA Doles Out $5 Million in Team Nutrition Grants to Schools
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has awarded approximately $5 million in Team Nutrition Training Grants to twenty states to help children develop better eating and physical activity habits ...more


Sodexo, Magic Johnson Open University Dining Venue
Sodexo plans to open a concept called SubConnection Magic in partnership with basketball legend Magic Johnson at Florida A&M University ...more





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