As students return to (or spend their first days on) college campuses across North America, they'll likely notice some big changes in the dining hall.
Photo credit: Sodexo
Some of my best memories from college are of hanging out with my friends in the dining hall, grabbing an extra slice of fresh-baked pizza or scoop of ice cream as we laughed and talked long after we'd finished our meals. The meals themselves, though, have been largely forgotten.
My particular institute of higher learning was (and still is) serviced by Sodexo, and at the time, it seemed like a…