FM_NEWS BRIEFS_ A Penton Media Property April 27, 2009 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/foodmanagement/v/69 --Check Out FM TV... Get perspective on the latest onsite foodservice industry news and trends from FM Editor John Lawn in a video podcast format here ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT How to Integrate Conceptual Menus with Servery Environments Arlene Spiegel, founder & president of Arlene Spiegel & Associates, will share her extensive concept development experience at the 2009 FM Ideas Conference and provide you with practical advice on what to do right in your concept planning and execution. You'll walk away with tips on how to deliver the 'total experience' to your customers in order to establish brand loyalty, repeat business and profitability. The conference runs September 15-17 at the JW Marriott San Francisco. For more info visit http://www.fmideas.com. ---------------------------------------- --FNS Undersecretary Named Former Iowa State Human Services Director Kevin Concannon has been nominated to be USDA Undersecretary for Food and Nutrition Services ...more --Compass, Agilysys in Loyalty Program Deal Compass Group has announced a partnership with the Agilysys, Inc., information technology and hospitality software solutions vendor for deploying Zipthru Rewards ...more --School Pilots Compostable Trays Hand Middle School in Columbia, SC, is initiating a pilot project to compost its lunch trays rather than tossing them in a landfill or going to reusable trays ...more --Big Apple Concessions Soar The two new ballparks in the New York City market generated record per caps (amount spent per person on food, beverage and merchandise) on their respective opening days ...more --Duke Dining Faces Shortfall Duke University Dining Services faces a $2 million budget deficit run up since it signed its contract with Compass Group and its Bon Appetit Mgt. Co. subsidiary in 2006 ...more --Grant Fosters University, School District Healthy Eating Partnership The Missouri Foundation for Health has awarded Saint Louis University a $248,000 "farm to school" grant to improve school lunches and teach business skills in the Maplewood Richmond Heights district ...more --Sodexo Up in Fiscal Half Sodexo reported North American revenues of 3.1 billion euro in the first half of its 2009 fiscal year, an organic growth rate of 3.9% ...more --Survey: Teens Have Eclectic Food Preferences A poll of school-aged students by the Y-Pulse, LLC, youth marketing research group supports the notion that youngsters are knowledgeable about and want more ethnic choices in school cafeterias ...more --Texas A&M Names Dining Head Texas A&M University has named David Riddle executive director of its Department of Dining Services ...more --UCLA Intros Meatless Thursdays UCLA Dining Services is introducing "meatless Thursdays" as part of a campaign to promote sustainability and healthier dining ...more --UMass to Go Trayless University of Massachusetts students generate five to six ounces of food waste per dining commons visit ...more --Wonka Tactic Spices University Event Prom Dining Services at Washington University in St. Louis are using an idea from the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to help celebrate the closing of the campus's venerable Wohl Center student center ...more --NACUFS to Hold Pre-Conference Workshops NACUFS will be holding a pair of pre-conference workshops on The Green Kitchen and Campus C-Stores in Milwaukee July 7-8 ...more Want to review the latest Food Management stories about what's going on in the onsite world? 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