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Taking stock of the back-to-school food service environment

Food Management to kick off Back To School leadership series with keynote showcasing data on how college dining services and K-12 food service programs are coping with coronavirus adjustments.

Becky Schilling, Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

July 8, 2020

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What does food service look like when students go back to school this fall? Many food service operators are still wrangling with the possibilities and taking stock of what the coronavirus pandemic has done to their programs this spring and summer.  

For both child nutrition programs and university dining services, the impact of COVID-19 has been huge and painful, and operations are taking many approaches to changes in their operations to keep employees and customers safe while serving communities.

In Food Management’s kickoff keynote presentation for its Back To School with Food Management leadership series, we’ll take a deep dive into just how educational food service programs have been impacted—and what’s to come.

Backed by data and insights from Datassential, operators will learn how their industry has coped so far. This session will cover topics including:

  • Staff layoffs

  • Location/operational closures

  • Sales data

  • The outlook for fall

  • Strategies and solutions for service during closures

  • Menu size

  • Menu development

  • Consumer insights and trends

Join us July 14 at 2 ET for this digital keynote: Taking stock of the back-to-school foodservice environment. This keynote is the first of a five-week digital leadership series, Back To School with Food Management. Register for this and the other webcasts at https://webinars.food-management.com/back-to-school/.

Related:Food Management launches Back To School leadership series for K-12 child nutrition and college dining services directors

About the Author

Becky Schilling

Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

Becky Schilling is Food Management’s editor-in-chief, and the group content director for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, managing editorial for digital, print and events for Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News media brands. Becky holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas A&M University and a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Before joining Food Management in 2014, Becky was with FoodService Director magazine for seven years, the last two as editor-in-chief. Becky is a history nerd and a sports fanatic, especially college football—Gig'em Ags—and tennis. A born and raised Texan, Becky currently resides in New York City.

Becky Schilling’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), foodservice menus, operational best practices and innovation.

Becky Schilling is a frequent speaker at industry events including The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) and The Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management (SHFM).

Becky Schilling’s experience:

Group Content Director, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (Feb. 2020-present)

Editor-in-chief Food Management (Nov. 2014-present)

Director of Content Strategy & Optimization, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (March 2019-Feb. 2020)

Editor-in-chief, Supermarket News (April 2019-March 2019)

Executive Editor, Supermarket News (July 2016-April 2017)

Editor-in-chief, FoodService Director magazine (March 2013-Oct. 2014)

Managing Editor (FoodService Director magazine (March 2012-March 2013)

Associate Editor (FoodService Director magazine (Nov. 2007-March 2012)

Contact Becky Schilling at:

[email protected]

@bschilling_FM

https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-schilling-39194ba/

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