Dining Advisory Committee Meeting 11/6/09

Meeting Minutes


o     Video Shoot on Tuesday 11/10/09 during Organic Cafe

o     Students looking for more chicken in the Resident program. We came up with a fun "Where's the Chicken Today?" idea to market and advertise to students where they can find chicken on a daily basis. Some signage and/or a cute logo for each location-salad bar, grill, pasta station, line, etc...

o     They would like to see chicken salad more often at the salad bar

o     An extension of the lunch hours in Resident-

o       the belief is that an extension of 10-15mins would give more people getting out of classes a chance to get to lunch

o     Looking for Theme Nights.

o       Some students remember last year when Resident did a special every Monday night. Are we still doing that?

o       Resident Dining - looking for more Monday night "theme" night meals or appetizers

o     Dispensers in the Dining Hall are being filled with the wrong items

o       Watch staff on making sure label matches product.

o     New Toasters:

o       Signage for new toasters stating that while they may take a little longer, the old toasters were replaced in order to be more energy efficient and environmentally conscious

o       Is it possible to get some data to determine how much more efficient these machines are and include that on the poster

o     More of the traditional soups need to be delivered to Donnelly

o     Student Government will be conducting Town Hall Meetings and we threw out the idea to have one regarding Dining Services

o     Bag meals for athletes traveling to games on the weekends. Need to make coaches aware that they can make arrangements for this. Main concern seemed to be breakfast

o     "NEED SOMETHING?, SAY SOMETHING!" Campaign (See a manager or the cashier). 

o       A lot of students it seems don't speak up when they don't find what they need, something is out, etc...  Signage and posters to bring this to the forefront-napkin holder inserts.

o     Ice Cream Station:

o       The other issue that came up was the ice cream station and different flavors and mix ins for Wednesdays.

o       Where are we with the naming of the station and the contest for the students to pick their favorite flavor combos?