When it comes to wellness, there are many different initiatives that you can choose to take in order to improve upon your overall wellness. However sometimes knowing just how to implement these initiatives can be a difficult thing to do. This particular article offers you the insight and a more in depth look at four particular wellness initiatives.

Key Takeaways:

• Ithaca College is turning to new solutions to address overcrowding at a dining hall that is already understaffed, The Ithacan reports .
• Long said she hopes that the smoothie program will expand throughout the county in the future
• We combed through data from our College and University Census, Hospital Census and Long-Term Care/Senior Living Census for the most surprising variations in menu trends and expectations.

“Human resources and health experts quarrel about the actual return on investment for wellness programs. A 2015 study from the Society for Human Resource Management showed that two-thirds of survey respondents view their initiatives as somewhat effective or very effective in reducing costs.”

http://www.foodservicedirector.com/ideas-innovation/health-wellness/articles/4-wellness-initiatives-steal-right-now#page=0

When it comes to dining, there are a lot of particular meals and meal ideas that have been know to shake things up a little bit for a change. Some meals that have been know for shaking up dining also are street meals. This article offers you the insight and a more in depth look into five street food meals that are now shaking up dining.

Key Takeaways:

• After developing his take on a chicken over rice dish—a New York street staple—as well as some Korean recipes.
• The concept proved a smashing success—more than 300 plates were sold in the first three hours of availability—and in July.
• We went to one meeting with the resident advisers over the summer, and told them Chick-N-Bap was coming on board six days a week.

“The concept proved a smashing success—more than 300 plates were sold in the first three hours of availability—and in July, Chick-N-Bap debuted as a full station in the school’s MarketPlace, much to Binghamton students’ delight.”

http://www.foodservicedirector.com/menu-development/menu-strategies/articles/5-street-food-meals-shaking-dining#page=0

When it comes to the restaurant industry, food cost is a very important and critical aspect that can either make or break any particular restaurant itself. However sometimes knowing just how to calculate your food cost can be a difficult thing to do. This article offers you the insight and a more in depth look into how to calculate your restaurants food cost.

Key Takeaways:

• The numbers are extremely important when it comes to owning and operating a restaurant; keeping a close watch on your profit margins.
• Unfortunately there are also several macroeconomic variables at play which also dictate your price per plate, one of which being what price your market will bear.
• Sourcing good ingredients while still providing the appropriate “perceived” value will be a consistent balancing act.

“The numbers are extremely important when it comes to owning and operating a restaurant; keeping a close watch on your profit margins, food cost and price per plate is all the difference in having your doors open or closed…for good.”

http://blog.etundra.com/restaurant-management-and-operations/calculate-food-cost/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+The_Back_Burner+%28The+Back+Burner%29&utm_content=FeedBurner