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Richard Ysmael, a Major Figure in B&I, Passes Away
Richard Ysmael, longtime head of Food Works, the in-house dining operation at Motorola, Inc., passed away October 14th after a long battle with lymphoma ...more


Phil Cooke, Key Figure in Association Management, Passes Away
Phillip Cooke, founder of the Foodservice Associates (FSA) marketing/management organization and a key figure in the founding of the Society for Foodservice Management (SFM), suffered a fatal heart attack while on a trip to Chicago October 24th ...more


Cowboys, Yankees Form Major New Concessions Player
The New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys, in combination with Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., have formed a concessions and retail management company that will operate catering, concessions, retail merchandising and other services at the new venues the two teams will be opening next year ...more


Aramark, SMG in Major Joint Venture
ramark has signed a five-year agreement with event management firm Live Nation to manage food and beverage concessions at 34 of Live Nation's North American amphitheaters in tandem with Live Nation’s SMG-Savor foodservice division ...more



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Clark County Schools, Wolfgang Puck Collaborate on School Meal Development
Clark County (NV) School District is unveiling a series of menu items created for the district by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck ...more


Study: Healthier School Meals Don't Reduce Sales
A University of Minnesota study has found that school lunch sales don't decline when healthier meals are served, and that more nutritious lunches don't have to cost more to produce ...more


HUDS Serves All-Local Meal for Sustainability Week
Harvard University Dining Services served a Sustainable Dinner composed entirely of local ingredients across all its dining halls on Tuesday, October 21 ...more


Fla. District to Shut Money-Losing Central Kitchen
The Okaloosa (FL) County School Board has voted to close the district's central kitchen at the end of the year ...more


RA, Celeb Chef Ed Brown in Partnership
Celebrity chef Ed Brown will serve as consulting chef to Restaurant Associates for its corporate dining and cultural center accounts ...more


Ag School Partnership Yields On-Campus Organic Farm for Chartwells
Tennessee Tech University Dining has established a partnership with the school’s Agriculture Department to grow organic vegetables on campus ...more


School Incents Free/Reduced App Returns With Gift Cards
Chillicothe (MO) R-2 School District is giving parents/guardians who return completed Free and Reduced lunch forms a $10 Wal Mart gift card ...more


Buffalo Schools Settles With Caf Workers
The Buffalo School Board has approved a one-year contract with the local foodservice workers union giving workers a 10-percent raise and a $150 bonus ...more


U.S. House Cafes to Boost Prices
The Restaurant Associated managed cafes at the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to raise prices to meet increased food and fuel costs ...more


Highlights From the FM IDEAS Conference
Check the FM homepage at www.food-management.com for daily updates on proceedings at the FM IDEAS Conference beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 29.





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