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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Garfield Produce Company co-founder Judy Thomas speaks to students at a January event held by Compass Group. The company started supplying NU Dining halls with microgreens through Compass in September 2018

NU partnership with Garfield Produce Company gives local business a ‘boost’

February 18, 2019

In a 6,000-square-foot warehouse on the West Side of Chicago, the staff at Garfield Produce Company spends their days tending to crops of microgreens. The small business, founded in 2013, grows these edible...

Despite better student engagement, Compass struggles to accommodate diet restrictions

Despite better student engagement, Compass struggles to accommodate diet restrictions

November 26, 2018

Despite increased efforts of Northwestern’s food provider to address student concerns, some students with dietary restrictions say they have consistently found themselves leaving the new dining halls...

Northwestern’s new food service provider Compass Group North America will launch in January a student dining advisory committee that will meet monthly to provide feedback.

Compass to launch advisory committee to gather student input

November 26, 2018

Northwestern’s new food service provider, Compass Group North America, will launch in January a dining advisory committee of about 12 students that will meet monthly to provide dining feedback. The...

Sargent dining hall. Dining halls this fall stopped offering peanuts and tree nuts to accommodate students with allergies.

Compass goes nut-free in effort to accommodate students with allergies

October 3, 2018

Northwestern dining halls have become nut-free this fall to accommodate students with peanut or tree nut allergies. The policy follows the University’s decision last year to switch food service providers...

Students sit together on the ground floor of Norris.

New food service provider to change campus dining experience

August 23, 2018

As incoming freshmen meet their peer adviser groups at Allison Hall, Foster-Walker Complex, Sargent Hall and Elder Hall for meals during Wildcat Welcome, they will be the guinea pigs for Compass Group...

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