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Hearty Half Sandwich

Ciabatta bread and sliced turkey; pair with soup or salad and fruit for a hearty and easily prepared crowd pleaser.

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Mac & Cheez-It®

Creamy mac and cheese with a crispy crunch from Cheez-It® crackers, this dish is a cheese-lovers dream and is bound to be a hit among hungry students.

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Chicka Boom Boom Sandwich

Packed with flavor, healthy protein from chicken and fresh veggies this hearty sandwich is easily customized for max appeal among varying age groups, bringing a new level of boom to your lunch offerings!

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Veggie Nacho Boat

Looking for a vegetarian friendly dish? Try this loaded nacho alternative. All the flavor, all the protein, no meat involved… making these nacho average nachos.

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Apple Crumble Fruit Bars

Featuring an irresistibably buttery crust that doubles as a crumb topping these bars are just sweet enough for kids to gobble up, while also giving them their daily fruit serving from apples, pears, and Juicy Juice 100% apple juice.

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Fruit and Bug Grahams Parfait

This quick, easy and healthy recipe is a great breakfast or snack option for students. With fun shapes, delicious yogurt and daily serving of fruit, you’ll be sure to hear requests for seconds!

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Breakfast Pizza Flatbread

This trendy take on breakfast pizza is a sure-fire patron pleaser. Featuring flatbread with marinara sauce, mozza-cheddar cheese blend, sautéed peppers and onions, scrambled eggs and crispy bacon.

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Savory Chicken Flatbread Panini

There’s endless combinations for what can go into a great panini – this just happens to be one of our favorite recipes – it also happens to be a healthy lunch option.

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Chicken Parm Sandwich with Italian Roasted Vegetables

Students will go crazy over this healthier take on the classic chicken Parmesan dish. Loaded with flavor filled vegetables, and topped off using a savory marinara sauce, this dish is a budget friendly way to spice up your menu.

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Roasted Nachos with a Twist

Please a hungry crowd with this healthier, alternative twist on classic nachos. Easy to prepare in a large batch an bake in portions for lunchtime serving convenience.

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Bacon Stuffed French Toast Waffles

Crunchy, hearty bacon on top of fluffy waffles, drizzled in gooey maple syrup, this dish is the right amount of savory and sweet for your brunch menu.

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Breakfast Burger

A delicious breakfast burger on a brioche bun with a friend egg, Havarti cheese, bacon and a maple aioli.

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Breakfast BLT

Applewood smoked bacon with roasted tomatoes, frisee and a fried egg sunny side up. 

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5 Ways to Improve Your Restaurant’s Curb Appeal

The curb appeal of any business is often the first impression that people have when driving or walking by. In a sense, your exterior serves as a 24/7 surrogate billboard that conveys many messages. And that’s where the process of enhancing your message should begin: What do you want people to think, feel, and expect when they see your establishment from the outside?

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The Impossible Burger

The Impossible Burger is made from simple, all-natural ingredients such as wheat, coconut oil, and potatoes. What makes the Impossible Burger unlike all others is an ingredient called heme. Heme is a basic building block of life on Earth, including plants, but it’s uniquely abundant in meat. We discovered that heme is what makes meat smell, sizzle, bleed, and taste gloriously meaty. Consider it the “magic ingredient” that makes our burger a carnivore’s dream.

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Top Restaurant Industry Trends to Watch in 2018

Despite industry wide growth for several years, restaurant operators face significant challenges keeping pace in an environment that is changing at a much faster rate than ever before. Evolving consumer tastes and preferences, work force constraints and intense competition will continue in 2018…

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Classic Reuben Sandwich

The Reuben is a classic American hot sandwich. The best Reuben sandwiches strike a balance with a good helping of corned beef or pastrami, Swiss cheese, heaps of sauerkraut, and plenty of Thousand Island Dressing.

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Pork Carnitas Cuban

Featuring tender pork, slow smoked in an authentic pit smoker over natural hard woods. The rich BBQ flavor and the much-loved taste of real wood-smoked meat customers crave is waiting in this incredible take on the classic Cuban.

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Episode 41 – BBQ Season & Google My Business

In this episode there’s info about our inventory additions for the week, Google advice to grow your business, and we’ve got BBQ on the brain! Joining us for our discussion on how you can use Google to help grow traffic to your restaurant we’ve got a special guest, foodservice operator and social media guru, Katrina Petersen. National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day was April 20th. For this week’s foodie fact, we’re asking – When was Pineapple Upside-Down cake first popularized in American culture? The answer at the end of the podcast…

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CafĂ© H – Korean Beef BBQ

Korean Beef BBQ from Cafe H® is a premium ingredient ready to anchor your next internationally inspired dish. Tender sliced beef is authentically seasoned with the rich flavors of traditional Korean spices, ginger, soy, sesame and garlic. Great for Korean BBQ dishes, sandwiches, tacos, rice & noodle bowls, pizzas, flat breads and as an ingredient for appetizers, soups and small plates.