Auburn’s new multi-level dining complex a hit as school opens

Aug 27, 2021

Auburn’s new The Edge at Central Dining offers homegrown food from the College of Agriculture amid nine high-impact serving stations.

Staff and product shortages, delivery delays hamper fall school start

Aug 27, 2021

With schools and colleges beginning their fall terms, early indications of troubles with labor and product availability are cropping up.

Take a tour of Southwestern University’s Mabee Commons refresh

Aug 26, 2021

Southwestern Dining Services by Sodexo overhauled the dining hall’s brand to match the university’s current branding standards, refreshing outdated materials, tweaking layouts, repainting and adding new signage.

College dining trending: Chartwells launches BBQ concept; chef proves New Orleans cuisine can be plant-forward

Aug 19, 2021

In this month’s recap of the Top 5 most popular C&U Food Management articles, Chartwells launches BBQ concept featuring food truck and smoker ranked as the week’s top story. University of Pittsburgh’s Pitt Eats and Chartwells Higher...

Chefs to Watch: UNC-Chapel Hill’s Aramark Chef fancies up down-home Carolina flavors

Aug 19, 2021

Students call him The Fancy Chef. UNC Carolina Dining Services’ Executive Chef Michael Gueiss fancies up Southern favorites keeping the campus well-fed and happy.

5 tech things: Robots continue to invade campuses

Aug 19, 2021

This and the debut of automated food lockers at University of Houston are some of the tech-related developments you may have missed recently.

Chartwells launches BBQ concept featuring food truck and smoker

Aug 11, 2021

University of Pittsburgh’s Pitt Eats and Chartwells Higher Education have debuted their new Smokeland BBQ concept complete with a customized food truck and featuring local beef and pork slowly cooked on an 18-foot Pitt Smoker.

Viewpoint: The first-year college campus experience gets a do-over at UNC

Aug 11, 2021

Incoming college sophomores missed out—big time—on so many experiences that go along with living on campus for the first time, including dining. This fall, it is that class’s chance to do it over. UNC Carolina Dining Marketing Director Patti...

FM On Demand: North Carolina State Dining prepares for fall

Aug 06, 2021

Senior Dining & Hospitality Services Director Shawn Hoch talks about the new concepts and other adjustments being made to the dining program at North Carolina State University when classes resume this fall.

Cool tech solutions help solve labor, customer service problems

Aug 06, 2021

With pandemic-forced restrictions easing but labor and food costs rising, operators look for ways to be more cost-effective and customer-friendly. Technology is one prevalent answer and here are some cutting-edge developments...