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Last update: June 26, 2008 - 9:36 PM

 

What's in and what's out at Fairview's Riverside campus, plus annual savings.

Gone: Oriental Chicken Salad

Replaced with: Grilled Chicken Caesar salad

Savings: $9,800

Gone: Blondie brownie

Replaced with: Devil's food cake

Savings: $3,300

Gone: Roast beef and Swiss-cheese sandwich

Replaced with: Ham and Monterey Jack sandwich

Savings: $8,700

Gone: Black plastic foam lunch plates

Replaced with: White plastic foam lunch plates

Savings: $13,000

Gone: Patient meal garnishes (orange slice at breakfast, cherry tomato at lunch, sprig of parsley at dinner)

Replaced with: Nothing

Savings: $6,000

Soon to go (potentially): Paper tray liners

Savings: $40,000

Source: Fairview

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