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Study: Students' foodservice demands grow both on and off campus

The study says 33% of students are satisfied with their school's foodservice facilities.

June 10, 2019

Delivery, technology and health trends are changing the foodservice landscape and younger generations are leading this charge, according to “2019 College & University Consumer Trend Report,” a report published by Technomic, Chicago.

Sustainability

Duke University bans disposable plastic bags from campus dining program

Plastic bags and food service ware will be replaced by compostable or recyclable materials

Casey Laughman

July 16, 2018

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Duke University has banned the use of disposable plastics campus-wide for all Duke Dining locations. Part of The Deliberate Dining Project, the program bans single-use, carry-out plastic bags and disposable plastic food service wear.

Fast food packaging

McDonald’s pledges all sustainable packaging by 2025

Fast food company says it will only use packaging from renewable, recycled, or certified sources.

Crystal Lindell

January 29, 2018

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By 2025, 100 percent of the fast food restaurant’s guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled, or certified sources with a preference for Forest Stewardship Council certification.

Beef still protein leader in food service

Jeremy Gerrard

June 4, 2014

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A survey of protein purchasers in food service revealed beef continues to be a frontrunner in the industry in terms of volume, market share and dollars it brings to operations.

CDC data shows some food borne infections more common in 2012, others unchanged

Norovirus leading cause of disease outbreaks from contaminated food

Jeremy Gerrard

June 4, 2014

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Eighty-one percent of norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food happen in the food service industry according to a vital signs report by CDC.

Vacuum plays a key role in the production of cannabinoids, from oil concentration to purification. With this exploding industry, it is important to understand the proper vacuum practices to optimize your vacuum equipment’s performance.

These days, you’re trying to get more products to customers right when they need them. Do you have true real-time visibility, knowing with a glance at a screen how you can meet demand? That kind of insight can be the difference between surviving and thriving.

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Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development

Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development is the first book to comprehensively address the issues of graphics design and visual concepts, from a systematic, scientific viewpoint, yet with business applications in mind.

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Food Engineering

2020 February

In the February 2020 issue of Food Engineering, we outline how to prepare backups for your automation systems in the event of power spikes, outages and viruses or cyber attacks.

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