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Julie Jones, Director of Food and Nutrition Services

May 13, 2013

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Julie Jones

February, 2013 

 

The reality of the extra costs for dining on demand is setting in.  The things like trays, plates, timers..the perm ware, smallwares and minor equipment needed for the program.    The skids of items started to arrive and, of course, we need someplace to store them until we do our official start up.

 

We are phasing our program in over 6 months. So we have twice the china and tray set ups as we would normally.  Our trayware cost from our current system to the new system is consistent which is good. But in our planning, we identified that we have $60,000 in china and reusable trayware items used each meal period in our largest facility.   I was amazed how many “little” things we needed for dining on demand.  To others looking to make this kind of change: plan accordingly.  

 

About the Author

Julie Jones

Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center

Julie Jones has more than 25 years of experience as a leader in hospital based food and nutrition services.  Julie is currently Director of Food and Nutrition Services for the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  In this capacity, she is responsible for the food and nutrition services provided across the 5-hospital system.  She has served on a number of professional boards at the local, state and national level. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF).

Wexner Medical Center is embarking on a major building program and Julie will lead the OSU food team through multiyear, multimillion dollar construction and renovation plan to support patient and retail foodservices in the existing and new buildings.

She graduated from The Ohio State University, Division of Medical Dietetics.  Julie also has received a Master of Science in Nutrition from OSU.    

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