FoodService Director

FoodService Director is a reliable resource for non-commercial operators seeking to enhance profitability and embrace innovation amid a shifting economic landscape. This dynamic and reader-friendly monthly magazine provides effective solutions and strategies to over 45,000 specific readers across various sectors of non-commercial foodservice, such as colleges, businesses, contract management, schools, healthcare, senior living, correctional facilities, and the military.

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Value remains top priority for restaurant guests, finds Yelp

2 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Pat Cobe

Searches for cheap eats and meal deals have spiked this year, according to the platform’s 2025 State of the Restaurant Industry Report
Former Guckenheimer CEO Paul Fairhead to drive Infuse Hospitality's ambitious new expansion in the new world of corporate dining

2 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Tara Fitzpatrick

Infuse Hospitality has roots in Chicago, and the city's bustling, busy, big-shouldered and taking-care-of-business mindset, all with a touch of luxury, is part of the brand's signature. To offer an idea of what this looks like, new CEO Paul Fairhead describes an Infuse workplace cafe concept in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, The Foyer, as a place where craft coffee flows into craft cocktails as the work day progresses.
Charles Schwab Field introduces new menu items for the College World Series and other news you may have missed

2 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Benita Gingerella

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Montgomery County Public Schools joins the Urban School Food Alliance

2 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Benita Gingerella

The Urban School Food Alliance (USFA) has added another member district to its fold. Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Rockville, Maryland has joined the nonprofit which is made up of some of the largest school districts in the country, including Chicago Public Schools and Los Angeles Unified School District. As the largest district in Maryland, MCPS represents just under 160,000 students across 211 schools. The district’s nutrition services team serves over 18 million meals each year.
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act advances out of committee

2 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Benita Gingerella

Whole milk is one step closer to being served on the school lunch line after lawmakers advanced it out of committee last week and a new federal bill would establish a grant program for schools looking to tackle food waste. Also this week, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) invited Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.
Pennsylvania sues U.S. Department of Agriculture over loss of funding for local food purchasing assistance program

3 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Benita Gingerella

PA to USDA: "A deal's a deal." Earlier this year, the USDA abruptly canceled funding for its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program which provided federal funding to states to go toward purchasing local food for food pantries, schools and more. The state of Pennsylvania is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over withholding federal funding that was part of the USDA’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA).
4 seafood dishes to dive into for inspiration this summer

3 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Leigh Anne Zinsmeister

Plus a bonus 2 plant-based options, all from FSD's first annual Healthcare Recipe Contest. And don't miss the colorful collab of rainbow trout x rainbow Swiss chard. When going through entries for Foodservice Director’s recent Healthcare Recipe Contest, one thing stood out to us: Seafood is big right now. Of course, seafood was one of the categories for which we solicited entries. But seafood dishes were also submitted in categories including global flavors, regional favorites, and plant-based.
Study reveals rising costs are making healthy eating harder for many in the U.S. and other news you may have missed

3 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Benita Gingerella

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Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would kill funding for school nutrition grant programs and The Institute of Child Nutrition

3 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Benita Gingerella

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Lawmakers introduce and pass bills that deal with additives in school meals and Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce a universal free school meals bill. Funding for school meal equipment grants, farm to school discretionary grants and the Institute of Child Nutrition would be eliminated under President Trump’s FY 2026 budget proposal.
New cookbook contains zero waste, but is full of excellent taste, courtesy of the chefs of Guckenheimer

3 weeks ago | foodservicedirector.com | Tara Fitzpatrick

Watermelon rind. Fennel fronds. Swiss chard stems. Leftover mashed potatoes. These are the unlikely stars of a new cookbook from workplace foodservice provider Guckenheimer, which is part of facility management company ISS. The Zero-Waste Cookbook aims to be the first in a continuing series and is designed for culinary pros and home cooks who get that sinking feeling when throwing out perfectly good, but lesser-used parts of veggies.