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The list of challenges facing foodservice directors in large school districts is epic: ballooning food and labor costs, inadequate subsidies chasing unfunded...

Group Membership Offered by SNA 

In an effort to make it easier for school districts to budge memberships to the School Nutrition Association, the SNA has begun to offer a new type of...

2008 Silver Plate Winner - Patricia Farris 

Director of School Food ServicesArchdiocese of New Orleans WHAT'S ON FARRIS'S PLATE? ANNUAL BUDGET: $16.8 million MEALS SERVED PER DAY: 27,000 EMPLOYEES:...

Profiles in Healthy School Eating 

Inspiration and practical ideas for school wellness are found in a collection of real-life stories gathered by the School Nutrition Association. Well...

Enemy at the Gates 

More than a third of middle and high schools nationwide sit within a half-mile of a fast-food outlet or convenience store, says a University of Illinois...

New Chef in School 

If you were a celebrated fine dining chef known for your work in some of Southern California's trendiest restaurants, and then as the culinary driver...

Taking School Lunch Concerns to Congress 

Mary Ann McCann hiked up Capitol Hill on March 4, the third day of SNA's annual Legislative Action Conference (LAC), to carry her district's meal program...

DC to Outsource School Meal Program 

The District of Columbia Public Schools plans to outsource management of its foodservice operations. The District says it lost $9.5 million in 2006, and...

Quiet at the End of the Road 

It is hard to imagine a more complete transition than the one Doug Crane underwent: from the wild life of the rock n roll road show, his career has led...

The Cafeteria/Classroom Convergence 

When Tim Cirpiano took the job as foodservice director at Bloomfield (CT) Public Schools a year and a half ago, he was determined to maximize his department's...

New Mexico Tops in Breakfast  

New Mexico leads the nation in providing free/reduced breakfasts to low-income children, according to a report from the nonprofit Food Research and Action...

School foodservice distribution specialist Gold Star Foods, Inc., has been acquired by the Prospect Partners, LLC, investment firm  

School foodservice distribution specialist Gold Star Foods, Inc., has been acquired by the Prospect Partners, LLC, investment firm. Prospect Partners...

New Mexico leads the nation in providing free/reduced breakfasts to low-income children, according to a report from the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center  

New Mexico leads the nation in providing free/reduced breakfasts to low-income children, according to a report from the nonprofit Food Research and Action...

2008 FAME Award Winners Announced 

Program designed to recognize the best in school foodservice. ...

It Pays to Mind Your Manners 

Kids get catered lunch as reward for polite behavior. The typical school lunchroom is a raucous scene, and table manners are often sacrificed to more...

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