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The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) started in 2005 [1] [2] as a pilot project to provide food to children at school. [3] It is run by the GSFP Secretariat in partnership with international agencies including the World Bank, the World Food Programme, the Partnership for Child Development, and UNICEF, as well as national organizations such as the Canadian International Development Agency ...
Food Service Solutions, Inc is a software development company based out of Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States that successfully designed and implemented biometrics into a lunchline. [ 1 ] Founded in 1989, FSS uses biometric scanning technology to provide services for educational and institutional foodservice providers.
In 1997, Société d'Exploitation Hotelière's holding company changed its name to Sodexho, [13] and joined forces with Universal Ogden Services, the leading remote-site service provider in the U.S. [13] On 11 January 1995, Sodexo S.A. acquired food company Gardner Merchant Ltd. from Cinven and CVC Capital Partners. [14]
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The food system, including food service and food retailing supplied $1.24 trillion worth of food in 2010 in the US, $594 billion of which was supplied by food service facilities, defined by the USDA as any place which prepares food for immediate consumption on site, including locations that are not primarily engaged in dispensing meals such as recreational facilities and retail stores. [2]
The professional requirements of dietary managers vary across countries and employment settings, but usually include some formal (postsecondary) education and/or on-the-job experience in nutrition care and therapy, management of foodservice operations, human resource management, and sanitation and food safety. [2] Dietary management is not ...
Nutritional rating systems are used to communicate the nutritional value of food in a more-simplified manner, with a ranking (or rating), than nutrition facts labels. A system may be targeted at a specific audience. Rating systems have been developed by governments, non-profit organizations, private institutions, and companies.
Free school meals can be universal school meals for all students or limited by income-based criteria, which can vary by country. [14] A study of a free school meal program in the United States found that providing free meals to elementary and middle school children in areas characterized by high food insecurity led to better school discipline among the students. [15]