40 Years of Ideas 2012-03-01

15
YEARS AGO IN FM

IFMA newly announced Silver Plate winners of 1997 included Debi Benedetti (Bon Appetit); Shirley Everett (Stanford U.); Tom McGlinchey (Philadelphia School District); and Carol Sherman (NYU Medical Center) … and a special editorial package highlighted the year's hottest trend: “Home Meal Solutions”

25
YEARS AGO IN FM

FM's cover story, “The Sweet Taste of Profits,” profiled noncommercial operators' moves into for-profit operations … Another story looked at the dramatic changes Helen Doherty had begun to implement in her first four years at Massachussets General Hospital.

30
YEARS AGO IN FM

Stouffers Foodservice Management Corp. was purchased by R.J. Reynolds Development Corp and its subsidiary, Service Systems, Inc. … a cover story described the growth of investor-owned companies like Humana, then at $1 billion in revenue.

35
YEARS AGO IN FM

USDA's Food and Nutrition Services was evaluating its $150 million summer school lunch program… and several news items con-cerned the dramatic run-up in coffee prices, which had recently quadrupled.

40
YEARS AGO IN FM

IFMA's 1972 Silver Plate award winners included these noncommercial stars: Douglas Osterheld, U. of Wisconsin; Blevin Zeumalt, McLellan Air Force Base; Ann Crowley, R.D., U. of Iowa Hospitals; Jospehine Martin, Georgia State School Food Service Program; and Richard Mather, Ford Motor Co.