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Category College and University

Make the Most of Tailgating Season in Your Dining Hall

Tailgaiting season is here! And, with a combination of marketing creativity and culinary innovation, you can create a tailgating program that gets attention, increases visitation, and drives school spirit.

10/16/2024

Food Trends 2024: The Fastest-Growing Flavors in College Dining

Are you catering to Gen Z's adventurous tastes? Check out the top trending flavors on college campuses in 2024.

6/20/2024

Grain Bowl Update: How to Simplify Prep in Your Kitchen

After a decade of explosive growth, grain bowl popularity shows no sign of waning, especially among younger generations. And new products are making bowls easier than ever to serve!

2/6/2024

Pre- and Post-Game Snacks for College Sports Fans

It’s football season and your students are hungry for new, game-day food options and occasions. In this article, you’ll learn how to leverage fan enthusiasm into higher meal-plan satisfaction using labor-saving products and recipes.

10/31/2023

Getting It Right: How to Hire In Foodservice

How do you define a "good employee?" Management styles mean different qualities, skills and performance often stack up differently for various managers. But, in general, good employees have these similar traits.

5/29/2023

On Game Day, You Bet on Team Vegetables

Americans know they should eat more vegetables, and honestly, they're trying. Thirty-four percent of consumers are ordering healthy items more often than they did two years ago.

9/15/2019

C & U Best Practice: Frozen, Fresh or Canned?

Popeye nailed it in 1929 when he started telling generations of kids to eat their spinach if they wanted to be strong!

4/25/2019

Breakfast for Dinner? The Blurring of Dayparts Continues

Breakfast foods aren't particularly rebellious most of the time—crispy fried eggs and buttery toast, pancakes stacked high, served with bacon and plenty of syrup.

2/13/2019

Serving Up A Talent Pipeline

With a continuous need for workers, you need a plan that gives you the resources to fill openings quickly and retain the great workers you have already.

11/8/2018

One Day. 1000 Students. Massive Feedback for One Co-Op.

What do you get when you combine more than 1000 students with 92 foodservice vendors, 424 food products, 200 iPad Miniâ€™s and a DJ?

5/7/2018

Download Our FREE Idea Starters

+1, +2, +3... Good Grains Deli Idea Starters

3/5/2018

Please Don't Leave: 7 Tips On Retaining Your Student Employees

With a continuous need for workers, you need a plan that gives you the resources to fill openings quickly and retain the great workers you have already.

1/19/2018

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Category College and University

Make the Most of Tailgating Season in Your Dining Hall

Food Trends 2024: The Fastest-Growing Flavors in College Dining

Grain Bowl Update: How to Simplify Prep in Your Kitchen

Pre- and Post-Game Snacks for College Sports Fans

Getting It Right: How to Hire In Foodservice

On Game Day, You Bet on Team Vegetables

C & U Best Practice: Frozen, Fresh or Canned?

Breakfast for Dinner? The Blurring of Dayparts Continues

Serving Up A Talent Pipeline

One Day. 1000 Students. Massive Feedback for One Co-Op.

Download Our FREE Idea Starters

Please Don't Leave: 7 Tips On Retaining Your Student Employees

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