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Carolina Dining Service has noticeably changed the recipe and altered the taste of the M&M cookies served in the dining halls on campus.

How the cookie crumbles: Dining hall looking for new M&M cookie distributor

By Malin Curry | January 19

For some students, the return to UNC from Winter Break was marked by a small tragedy — the M&M cookies at Rams Head and Lenoir dining halls are ...

Carolina Dining Services put up a plaque in the front of Rams Dining Hall in memory of Garrett Watson.

Dining hall worker dies after 44 years at UNC

By Meredith Katibah | September 30

Garrett Watson gave students more than just a meal card swipe experience.

Menu at Lenoir Dining Hall lists various pizzas - the staple college student food.

Carolina Dining Services' new menu aims to cater to student tastes

By Emily Wakeman | September 26

Carolina Dining Services has designed their menu this year with students’ preferences in mind.

UNC's softball team took on FSU Saturday afternoon to start a double header at Anderson Softball Stadium.

CDS plans to expand newest dining option

By Erin Friederichs | January 14

Carolina Dining Services has seen success with a new meal plan option it introduced last semester: the Unlimited PLUS plan with PLUS swipes.

UNC dining hall hopes to fry NC State in culinary cookoff

By Jenni Ciesielski | January 14

UNC students are passionate about two things: beating N.C. State and Lenoir Dining Hall cookies. These two passions will come together tonight when Carolina ...

Larry's Coffee, which is 100% organic, is now served in Lenoir Dining Hall.

Local coffee company caffeinates UNC's dining halls

By Sophie Golden | January 13

Today, Carolina Dining Services will introduce their new partnership with Larry’s Coffee at the Green Meal: Fair Trade event, which will take place ...

CDS raises awareness about food waste

By Dylan Tastet | October 3

By Dylan Tastet Staff Writer 5000 hungry stomachs. Filled for free. With food that would have been wasted. That’s what occurred Tuesday evening at UNC’s ...

Opinion: CDS and FLO Food are advancing mutual goals

August 27

Carolina Dining Services is practicing what it preaches about sustainability. Its actions provide a refreshing break from usually unresponsive bureaucratic ...

10 years later, dining hall gets its real name on sign

By Blake Hoarty | August 18

After a 10-year delay, South Campus’ dining hall finally got its proper name emblazoned above the entrance. In April 2015, the words Chase Hall were ...

NCSU promotes pizza box composting

By Anica Midthun | April 10

The more dubious leftovers from a night of pizza delivery in the dorm are the greasy, cheese-caked boxes — which can’t be recycled as easily as cans, ...

Lydia Ippolito and her daughter Carina Ippolito offer samples from their Delight Soy stand at the Fair Local Organic Food spring farmer’s market Thursday.

Fair Local Organic Food held its biannual farmer’s market

By Victoria Mirian | April 6

For students that weren’t running to an exam, Thursday’s walk to class was the ideal time to pick up local produce thanks to a collaboration between ...

UNC dining halls will transition to cage-free eggs

By Ashlen Renner | March 20

Aramark, UNC’s dining service provider, will transition to using cage-free eggs by 2020, according to an announcement made March 12.

Evana Bodiker posts a message to the napkin board at the Bottom of Lenoir Tuesday afternoon as part of the SAW napkin campaign which aims to raise awareness for workers' rights and fair pay.

Students use napkins to advocate for dining workers

By Kristen Chung | March 4

Lance Barnes, a baker for Carolina Dining Services, has dreams that expand outside of Chapel Hill and the ovens on the third floor of Rams Head Dining ...

Lenoir serves black history-themed dinner

By Mark Lihn | February 25

The Black Student Movement and Carolina Dining Services teamed up to host a dinner themed for Black History Month on Wednesday at Top of Lenoir Dining ...

Carolina Dining Services employee Deborah Paige reacts to a presentation of $5,000 from students Sarah Adams and Caitlin Ball on Wednesday.

Students raise money to repair UNC employee’s car

By Mona Bazzaz | February 13

When Deborah Paige walked into Rams Head Dining Hall on Wednesday and was met with a chorus of “Thank You”s, the tears of joy came instantly.

Ernest Freeman, a Rams Head Dining Hall employee from Chapel Hill, sits at a table in the dining hall where he works on Tuesday afternoon. Freeman has been writing poems since he was five years old.

Dining hall employee Ernest Freeman enjoys writing poetry in his free time

By Brielle Kronstedt | February 4

If you have ever been in Rams Head Dining Hall, you’ve probably exchanged a smile with Ernest Freeman.

Seniors team up to build house for dining hall worker

By Victoria Mirian | January 26

Thi Thi Toe is all smiles as she serves students in Rams Head Dining Hall — some of the same students she sees on the weekends who choose to give back ...

UNC dining halls seek food without factory

By Tyler Fleming | January 21

James West stands in the dark on a cold January morning. He has an old heater going as he smokes a cigarette. It is 7 a.m., and it’s time to feed the ...