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Automation is top of mind as a means to combat shrinking dining service revenue

University Business

How will they make up for the loss of dining service revenue? Dining services typically represent a significant revenue stream, and the disruption of that income has been a top concern for higher education leadership since 2020, when nearly all residential schools closed in response to COVID-19.”

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Dining halls can contribute to eating disorders—and recovery

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Up until February, a student walking into one of Northwestern University’s four dining halls would likely see a small sign beside each dish denoting its ingredients and calorie counts: 270 for a serving of baked ziti or 100 for low-fat vanilla yogurt. “There are no wins for the dining hall environment.

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Overhauling campus dining for a new era

University Business

College campus dining services found themselves struggling to survive after the pandemic, and the whiplash it generated requires it to critically rethink its operations and enact new strategies for the years to come, according to a new report from the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS).

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Are you meeting students’ basic needs?

EAB

Like many of our students, I was a first gen, low-income college student who had periods of housing, food, and transportation insecurity. I remember working food service jobs so it would be easier to eat, needing to move constantly as rent got too high, and scrounging to afford my bus pass.