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Pumpkin Energy Bites and Vegan Cookie Dough at Loyola University Maryland

Earlier this month, Parkhurst Dietitian Alicia Koloski teamed up with onsite Marketing Manager Lindsay Winn at Loyola University Maryland to offer healthful, seasonal samples and accompanying recipe cards to students. This was all part of Loyola Dining’s #WellnessWednesday, an initiative spearheaded by Winn, and part of LUM’s broader Healthy Hound program. 

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The FoodU App is Evolving With Students and Professionals Alike

FoodU is a tool that allows users to have all of their school or company’s dining information at their fingertips. After downloading the app, the user then selects their location and fills out their profile, which includes their name, allergies and dining preferences, and other information –  like if they’re a resident or commuter student, part-time or full-time employee, and so on.

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Pop-Up Possibilities are Endless

About a year and a half ago, Parkhurst Dining rolled out the Pop-Up program. This program is designed to “break the mold” by surprising, delighting, and engaging guests with something unique, different, and exciting. Sometimes that means selling BBQ chicken sundaes in the middle of campus for no apparent reason!

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Aquaponic Food Production

Before any of our locations purchase from a supplier, it’s my responsibility to meet them to fully understand their operation. In early December, I received

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Local Produce

As you all know, this is my favorite time of year.  My visits to our vegetable farms are always a treat.  There is never a

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Project Lunch Tray

This year, I celebrate my 15th year with the Eat’n Park Hospitality Group.  I’ve had the opportunity to work on some really exciting projects and

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Simplifying Food Waste Collection

Parkhurst Dining is responsible for providing the food service at Alcoa’s corporate campus in New Kensington, PA.  The café that we operate was recently renovated and now

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Chef in the Schoolyard

Written by Tim Fetter, CEC, Executive Chef, Duquesne University and posted by Jamie Moore On Tuesday September 16, I had the privilege to spend the afternoon

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