Foodservice Update

Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update and Quantity Cooking Information

1. School Food Service
2. Senior Facility Food Service
3. Soup Kitchens, Food Banks, Feeding the Hungry and meetings that require relatively inexpensive, common ingredients
4. Excerpts from Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update
5. Introduction to Vegetarian Nutrition
6. Quantity Cooking
7. Special Diets
8. 4-Week Vegetarian Menu Set for Meals on Wheels Sites
9. Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update Product Listing
10. Working With A Caterer
11. Vending
12. Sysco
13. Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurants
14. College
15. Hospital
16. Boy Scouts/Youth Groups
17. Additional Links

School Food Service

• K-12 operators react to USDA's proposed changes to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs (January 22, 2020)
• Soy-based Tempeh Options in School Lunches (November 7, 2019)
• Soy milk in schools (September 25, 2019)
• Public schools in southern Maine explore vegan option (April, 2019)
• Vegan Day Care February, 2019
• Getting Vegan Food into Elementary Schools
• Salad Bars Being Donated to Schools (The VRG Blog; Dec 27, 2016)
• Ryan Andrews, Lunch Lady 18 lessons VRG volunteer, Ryan Andrews, MS/MA, RD, CSCS, learned during his one-year stint as a school cafeteria worker.
• Adding Vegetarian Options into School Lunch Programs
• Do You Want Your College or Other Food Service Operator to Serve More Vegetarian Options?
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Summer 2006
• New USDA Nutrition Standards for School Lunch - Lots of Positive Changes (The VRG Blog Jan 26, 2012)
• Soy Milk Allowed in School Nutrition Programs (Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 178, September 12, 2008)
• Tips for Serving Vegetarian Meals in Schools
• Nutrient Standard Menu Planning: Approved Software Programs
• Working for Vegetarian Food in Your High School Cafeteria
• Meatless Mondays approved for SDUSD (June 5, 2013; KUSI News, San Diego, CA)
• Delaware Schools: Veggies on the Menu in Appoquinimink
• NYC elementary school adopts all-vegetarian menu (April 30, 2013; The Wall Street Journal)
• LA school district adopts Meatless Mondays (March 6, 2013; The Business Journal for Meat and Poultry Processors)
• For Rep. Jared Polis, vegetarian meals would be healthy alternative to fatty school lunches
• Revamping a Vegetarian, Seventh-Day Adventist School Lunch Program By Stephanie Gall, MS, RD and Megan Salazar, dietetic intern
• Vista Ridge Lunch Brochure
• Vista Ridge New Menus - Nutrition Analysis
• Vista Ridge Yearly Cycle Menu
• Recipe: Rice & Bean Stacks
• Recipe: Roasted Potatoes
• Recipe: Squiggly Noodles
• Recipe: Teryiaki Stir-Fry
• Recipe: Vegetarian Chow Mein
• CA School to Become First Vegan School in the Country (Ecorazzi - "good gossip")
• Making the Grade: Sushi, smoothies part of food revolution at APS
• Schools experiment with Meatless Monday menus (Press Democrat; November 14, 2014)
• Not your father's school lunch (The Herald Journal; Logan, UT)
• Vegetarian Kitchen: Maine’s vegetarian school kids have lots of options today (Portland Press Herald; November 19, 2014)
• With salads on the menu, Placentia middle-schoolers have a green light to eat (Orange County Register; Santa Ana, CA; November 21, 2014)
• Cultural preferences should be considered in school lunch menus, N.J. assembly says (NJ.com; December 19, 2014)
• The evolution of school lunches: From sloppy joes to celery sticks (HeartlandConnection.com; March 26, 2015)
• Salad Bars for School Lunches (May 2015)
• School Lunches (The VRG Blog November 05, 2015)
• Queens school serves vegetarian lunches (March 01, 2016)
• What’s the Latest Course in Preschool? Vegan Food (Wall Street Journal; April 06, 2016)
• Vegan Options on School Lunch Menus (May 05, 2016)
• A Guide to Finding Vegan Food Options at School: Cafeteria, Food Truck, and Snack Carts (The VRG Blog; January 20, 2017)
• Why Atlanta school cafeterias are going vegetarian for Earth Day (Molly Bloom; April 21, 2017)
• Food Safety
• Brazil Schools Plant Based Meals

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Senior Facility Food Service

• Vegan Foodservice Ideas for Residential Facilities When Only Two or Three Requests
• Accommodating Vegans in Assisted-Living Facilities
• Linda Valley Villa – Vegetarian Independent Living Facility in California
• The vegetarian option: cost-effective and healthy. (Long Term Care and Senior Care facilities)
• Resources for Seniors

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Soup Kitchens, Food Banks, Feeding the Hungry

and meetings that require relatively inexpensive, common ingredients

• Feeding Vegan Food to Large Groups on a Budget
• Preparing and Serving Vegan Dishes at Church Cafe
• Promoting Food Day and World Vegetarian Day
• VEGAN on a Shoestring
• Vegan Cooking Tips: Working with Food Banks
• Tips For Introducing Vegetarian Food Into Institutions
• Vegan 'Chili on Wheels': Mom, son deliver food to homeless
• Rising Food Prices: What's A Vegan To Do?
• The Ghetto Vegetarian
• Food Safety

Excerpts from Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update

• Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update Nov 2012
• Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update May 2012
• Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update May 2011
• Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update May 2011
• Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update Feb 2011
• Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4 (Winter, 2009)
• Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3 (Summer, 2009)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2 (Spring, 2009)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. XXV, No. 3 (Summer, 2008)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. XII, No. 2 (Summer, 2006)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. XII, No. 1 (Spring, 2006)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. XI, No. 3 & 4(Summer & Fall, 2003)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. XI, No. 2 (Spring, 2003)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. XI, No. 1 (Winter, 2003)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. X, No. 4 (Fall, 2002)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. X, No. 3 (Summer, 2002)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. X, No. 2 (Spring, 2002)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. X, No. 1 (Winter, 2002)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. IX, No. 4 (Fall, 2001)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. IX, No. 3 (Summer, 2001)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. IX, No. 2 (Spring, 2001)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. IX, No. 1 (Winter, 2001)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VIII, No. 4 (Fall, 2000)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (Summer, 2000)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VIII, No. 2 (Spring, 2000)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VIII, No. 1 (Winter, 2000)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VII, No. 4 (Fall, 1999)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VII, No. 3 (Summer, 1999)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VII, No. 2 (Spring, 1999)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VII, No. 1 (Winter, 1999)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VI, No. 4 (Fall, 1998)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VI, No. 3 (Summer, 1998)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VI, No. 2 (Spring, 1998)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. VI, No. 1 (Winter, 1998)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. V, No. 4 (Fall, 1997)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. V, No. 3 (Summer, 1997)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. V, No. 2 (Spring, 1997)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. II, No. 2 (Summer, 1994)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. II, No. 1 (Winter, 1994)
• Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, Vol. I, No. 1 (Fall, 1993)

Quantity Cooking

• Vegan Foodservice Ideas for Residential Facilities When Only Two or Three Requests
• Being Vegan in a Foodservice Class (The VRG Blog; January 03, 2017)
• Cooking for a Crowd (2019)
• Tips for Introducing Vegetarian Food into Institutions
• Food Safety

Special Diets

• Menu Selection for Vegan Renal Patients
• Selecting Menus for Vegan Cancer Patients
• Protein/Calorie Supplement for Vegans
• Texture Alterations for Vegan Diets
• Vegan Menu for People with Diabetes
• Considerations in Vegan Nutrition Support
• Liquid Hope Whole Foods Feeding Tube Formula

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4-Week Vegetarian Menu Set for Meals on Wheels Sites

• Meals on Wheels Vegetarian Menu Set

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Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update Product Listing

The Vegetarian Resource Group has produced a list of over 100 companies which offer vegetarian items for schools, restaurants, hospitals, and other institutions. These businesses produce meatless foods in large serving sizes which are easy to use by food services.

This list is a valuable resource for any chef who wants to serve more meatless meals, or any consumer who wants to let their favorite eating spot know about healthy foods they can offer.

• Foodservice Update Product Listing (PDF)

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Working With A Caterer

• Working With A Caterer
• Requesting Vegan Meals from Caterers Working With Their Servers(March, 2019)
• How Do I Plan a Vegetarian or Vegan Bar/bas Mitzvah? (April 08, 2015)
• Animal-Friendly Catering (Maryland)

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Vending

• Schools Dangle Carrot Snacks, but It's a Tough Sale

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Sysco

• ChefEx.com (organic/natural/kosher suppliers)
• Hallsmith SYSCO Food Services (product finder)
• Foodservice Express (Sysco's partner for hard-to-find items)
• Sysco Exotic Produce
• Sysco ordering for Products for many diets such as vegan, vegetarian gluten-free, sugar-free, low fat, low sodium, low protein, kosher, halal, organic, dairy-free, peanut-free, tree nut-free, diabetic, calorie controlled, and renal plus adaptive equipment. No minimum order size requirements.

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Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurants

• Tips for Restaurants Catering to a Vegan Diet
• Vegan food in your foodservice?

College

• How to add more vegan foods to your college cafeteria (April 25, 2019)
• Introducing Vegan Foods into a College Foodservice and Tips for Students Who Want to Do the Same at Their College (August 21, 2017)
• How to Get Veggie Options Prepared by a Chef in a Frat House (June 3, 2019)

Hospital

• Plant Forward Healthcare Toolkit Helps Hospitals Add Vegan Meals (April 1, 2020)
• Geisinger Adds Vegan Burger to Hospital Menu (September 18, 2017)
• Oldways Plant Forward Plates

Boy Scouts/Youth Groups

• A Guide to Vegetarian Scouting (PDF)

Additional Links

• Vegan Foodservice Recipes (large-scale recipes designed specifically for the foodservice and healthcare industries from Pulse Canada)
• Chicken-Less Chicken a Hit at Wegmans (February 28, 2013; WHAM13)
• Veggie voor Chefs (A catering guide in Dutch)
• Cargill Develops Dairy-Free Cheese
• Healthy Food Systems (hospital)
• ecoVegan
• Casey Brown's Quantity Recipes
• Vegan Friendly Ballparks (VRG blog; June 07, 2017)
• Plant Forward Menus in Foodservice (June 21, 2017)

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