Healthcare
Customers Respond to Hospital Retail Upgrades
Hospital cafeterias have been moving rapidly towards a more commercial retail model. New consumer data from NPD Group shows that progression is having...
Senior Facility Grows Own Herbs
Residents of RiverWoods, a senior living community in Lewisburg, PA, are enjoying the taste of fresh herbs when they dine in the community's Ridgecrest...
The Rise of UNCH Dining
Angelo Mojica is a man on a mission. The director of food and nutrition services for the multi-complex University of North Carolina Hospitals came to...
Catering Your Way to Influence
When Angelo Mojica took over as director of nutrition and food services at University of North Carolina Hospitals, he was jolted by the modest scope of...
Bringing the Kitchen to the Customers
WINNER: HORIZON HOUSE CCRC ENTRY: NEIGHBORHOOD KITCHENS THE BIG IDEA: Unlike other segments, where preventing or addressing obesity can be a prime concern,...
HFM Announces Culinary Finalists
The five culinary teams have been named that will compete at The National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management (HFM) 20th anniversary conference....
ASHFSA Meets in Vegas
The American Society of Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA) gathered its membership in Las Vegas in early June for the group's 2008 National...
You Can't Beat a Grass-Roots Campaign
A few columns ago, I mentioned the value our staff always finds in reader visits, and I was reminded of that again earlier this month, when FM Associate...
Morrison Sends Chefs Into the Fields
A couple dozen chefs from Morrison's healthcare and senior dining units got together recently at the Chef's Garden, a unique farm operation in Huron,...
Premier Debuts Cabot Award
The Premier purchasing cooperative debuted a new honor at its recent annual Foodservice Forum. The Forum was held in conjunction with its 2008 Annual...
People Power
Management at the newly opened St. John Health Plaza Cafe credit their dream team staff with the success they've termed beyond our expectations. A sense...
Mary Angela Miller MS, RD, LD, FADA
Administrative Director of Nutrition Services Ohio State University Medical CenterColumbus, OH WHAT'S ON MILLER'S PLATE? BEDS: 1,158 DAILY MEALS SERVED:...
Breakfast in Bed(rest)
Diagnosis: Dull. Hospital food has long had the reputation for being boring, tasteless and definitely not personalized. But at St. Vincent's Infirmary...
HFM Names Schroeder President
HFM has elected Kris Schroeder, nutrition services director for the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, to be its president for the 2009-2010 term. Maria...
HFM Scores in Catersource Culinary Contest
Karea Anderson of St. Peter’s Hospital, Jaime Palenque of Banner Thunderbolt Medical Ctr. and Paul Luttman of Avera McKennan Hospital won third place in the 2008 Kitchen Contender Catersource Chef’s Challenge, recently held at the Las Vegas Hilton during the 2008 Catersource Conference & Tradeshow...
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