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Healthcare On Demand: Culinary Services Group’s John Mayer talks about the new dining program at Jackson Parish Hospital

Patient and retail dining at Louisiana’s Jackson Parish Hospital recently got an upgrade to homestyle menus when management company Culinary Services Group took over foodservice operations.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

June 25, 2021

FM On Demand and C&U On Demand are video interviews with onsite dining professionals who talk about creative and interesting initiatives they have developed or undertaken.

Homestyle menu choices are now the norm for patients, staff and visitors at Jackson Parish Hospital (JPH) in Louisiana, thanks to management company Culinary Services Group (CSG), which took over operation of the dining program at the beginning of this month. The dining upgrades came in conjunction with a renovation and expansion of the community hospital’s facilities and are designed to better serve the food preferences and nutritional needs of patients and staff.

FM caught up with John Mayer, director of food services for CSG at JPH to learn more about what’s new in the meal programs there.

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

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