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A buffet style fruit bar at West Side Dining. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

CulinArt welcomes semester with new vendors, familiar framework

Joseph Konig August 27, 2017
CulinArt has embraced the effective, popular aspects of Sodexo’s management, diverting and adding to the framework based on student input and their own internal goals.
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Tapingo is a new mobile app that allows students to order food from their phone and pick it up with little to know waiting time. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

Tapingo lets students order Starbucks on the go

Brittany Bernstein May 7, 2017
Tapingo, a mobile ordering app that allows students to order drinks and food items on the go using Dining Dollars, Wolfie Wallet and debit/credit cards, could help customers in a rush get their Starbucks faster.
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A server prepares food at West Side Dining.
 LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

CulinArt beats out Aramark as new campus dining vendor

Mahreen Khan May 7, 2017
The FSA Board of Directors has chosen CulinArt to serve as the university’s new west campus dining provider.
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A buffet style fruit bar at West Side Dining. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

Campus Dining enters final stages of bid process

Rebecca Liebson April 25, 2017
The search for Stony Brook’s new food service provider has entered its final stages, with the long-anticipated decision set to be announced early next month.
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East Side Dining, above, opened in the fall 2016 semester. ERIC SCHMID/STATESMAN FILE

Lettuce taco ’bout campus dining improvements

Matthew Yan April 24, 2017
Sodexo scrambled to regain student trust with a number of additions and improvements to dine-in options around campus. We should at least acknowledge some of these improvements.
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A campus dining chef prepares samples during the 2013 Food Expo. WESLEY ROBINSON/STATESMAN FILE

Roth Cafe chef wins Chef Throwdown challenge

Marie Matsunaga April 10, 2017
The chefs created one show plate and three tasting dishes to be judged by a panel of student leaders and the general audience who tasted samples.
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A server prepares food at West Side Dining.
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CulinArt: A cost-benefit analysis

Scott Terwilliger March 29, 2017
All of this sounds spectacular, but why should we, as students, trust CulinArt?
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Sodexos corporate headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The new food vendor has been the subject of much student criticism. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/STATESMAN FILE

The alternative facts to Sodexo

Michael Kohut and Emily Benson January 29, 2017
"The truth is Sodexo is the best dining service around, and I have the alternative facts to prove it."
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In fall 2016, campus dining put together a showcase of updated and improved dining choices in response to student dissatisfaction with Sodexos service. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

FSA seeks proposals for new food service provider

Mahreen Khan January 16, 2017
After an 18-month partnership with global food vendor Sodexo, the Faculty Student Association at Stony Brook University has decided to initiate a request for proposals bid.
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The student Union, one of Stony Brook Universitys oldest buildings, closed... ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

Students prepare for the Union Starbucks closing set for next week

Jessica Chin November 21, 2016
But Park and many Union Starbucks regulars won’t be able to relax at the iconic location after it officially closes on Nov. 29.
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First Starbucks truck in New York finds home on campus

First Starbucks truck in New York finds home on campus

Vivien Li October 1, 2016
The Starbucks truck made its debut at the Student Activities Center Loop Thursday morning, serving the franchise’s popular beverages and food to students on the go.
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Laundry prices cut by 20 percent

Laundry prices cut by 20 percent

Jill Ryan September 3, 2016
Each machine now costs $1.40 to use as opposed to last year’s $1.75.
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