Common Thread Offers Convenience for Lunch Customers at Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University has launched a new online dining order system, CommonThreadExpress, that allows customers to access a menu to order subs and wraps to their taste, add a drink, chips and a dessert, and pick up at the CommonThreadExpresswindow in The Kanbar Campus Center.Ordering hours begin at 7 a.m. each day, with window pick up […]
PNC, Parkhurst Partner to Create Green Dining in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, PA, October 19, 2010 – PNC, Pittsburgh’s highly diversified and growing financial services organization, partners with Parkhurst Dining Services, a Pittsburgh dining service provider known for their high-quality food, scratch cooking and sustainable hospitality, to create the Eco Bistro, one of Pittsburgh’s first green dining experiences constructed from eco- friendly products…from the ground up. […]
Eat’n Park Hospitality Group Recognized with National American Business Ethics Award
PITTSBURGH – October 14, 2010 – Eat’n Park Hospitality Group (www.eatnpark.com) is one of the country’s leading ethical companies because of its commitment to team members and local communities, according to the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals (FSP), which sponsors the annual American Business Ethics Award (ABEA) program. ABEA selected Eat’n Park Hospitality Group as […]
Eat’n Park Hospitality Group Donates $40,000 to Food Bank Program
Pittsburgh – October 11, 2010 – The Eat’n Park Hospitality Group is expanding its support of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank by providing a $40,000 grant to supply additional high quality, locally grown vegetables to Food Bank Farm Stand consumers throughout the growing season, as well as to defray costs associated with the Farm […]
Parkhurst Dining at Allegheny College Host “DeHart” Local Foods Dinner
MEADVILLE, PA, October 5, 2010 – More than 1,000 students, faculty and staff attended the “DeHart” Local Foods Dinner, a sustainable event featuring the foods of local farmers and growers hosted by Allegheny College and Parkhurst Dining Services, Thursday, October 7 at 4 p.m. on the Allegheny College Brooks/Bentley lawns in Meadville, Pa. The “DeHart” […]
Bucknell University, A Dining Hall of Distinction: A Taste of the Best Campus Dining Programs
On Campus: Potatoes Take Center Stage, featuring interview with John Brite from Capital University
College and university operators across the country typically feature potatoes as a side dish in some of their campus locations just about every single day and for every meal part. From mashed to baked, from French fries to hash browns, students love the economical spud in most every iteration. But when it comes to featuring […]
Latino Goes Main Stream, featuring an interview with Jason Brust from American Greetings
Latino cuisine, which encompasses foods from Mexico to the Caribbean to South America, presents an opportunity for directors to meet the needs of a growing segment. Hispanics are estimated to be the nation’s largest minority at 40.4 million, and the Latino population is expected to reach 102.6 million by 2050, according to the U.S. Census […]
Delaware Valley College Partners with Parkhurst to Provide Farm-Fresh, Sustainable Dining
DOYLESTOWN, PA, August 25, 2010 – Parkhurst Dining Services is proud to begin dining and catering for Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pa, ranked byU.S. News and World Reportas one of 2010’s America’s Best Colleges for the eighth consecutive year. A key component of the Parkhurst dining plan is to use the harvest from DelVal’s on-campus […]
Parkhurst Chefs at Capital University Earn Certified Executive Chef Titles
BEXLEY, OH, August 5, 2010 – Parkhurst Dining Services is proud to announce that Scott Rattan of Hilliard, OH, and John Brite of Delaware, OH have each earned the Certified Executive Chef® (CEC®) designations from the American Culinary Federation (ACF), Inc. Chef Rattan and Chef Brite are employed by Parkhurst at Capital University, Bexley, OH, […]