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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1978
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ice has been paid the ultimate
pliment: Students say they like
Jnitory food.
Texas A&M’s food budget exceeds
illion ayear, said CJol. Fred Dol-
director of food services. The
[artment serves more than 33,000
Is each day in its three dining
and seven snack bars, more
Is than any other university in
South or Southwest,
ollar and his staff actively seek
lent advice in menu planning.
lYou can’t develop any of the pro-
d b we ve developed, or make any
: the changes we ve made, unless
ouhave good relations with the stu-
jnts,” ar said. “We feel very
Hunate to have a good relationship
!h them.”
way Texas A&M food service
jsonnel maintain good student re-
|>ns is through a menu selection
d. The board, composed of stu-
" lil ents eating in the three dining
;ma M ills, actually decides what items are
y-Tlie jjckxl or deleted from the menus.
>000as iWe’ve had menu boards since
for 56 965. but it took us almost three
■rs to convince the students that
ftwere willing to change the menus
Itheir suggestion, ’ Dollar said.
|] pile main reason it took so long to
invince them was because they had
per had input before, and didn t
mw quite what to think about it.
jlie menu selection board concept
| initiated by Dollar shortly aftctr
d Barrival at Texas A&M in August of
felony 165. It’s composed of 18 students
es presenting 7,300 paying board
Buffalo L. rs , They meet in regular weekly
ximum lions at 6:30 a.m., with food serv-
n. Tbe Imanagers and chefs,
in lieu |\y e meet early because of the di-
lorres Ipe schedules of everyone in-
ntenc- Ived,’ Dollar commented. “Be-
They pe it or not, these early morning
lions have close to 100 percent
|endance.”
lome ideas initiated by the menu
d in recent years include a fast
line that cooks a pizza in three
utes and the selection of the tile
he dining hall floors.
|We made 260 menu changes last
f and will probably make at least
many this year, ” he reported. “I
t think food tastes have changed
hat much, but food preferences
jnitely have.
he trend in our dining halls now
Upward more chicken. Rice was a
mover for a while and is starting
ake a comeback, but the most
ular of all is our grilled steak,” he
rved.
[he three dining halls currently
steak once a week, and it re-
two tons of beef for that meal.
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MIDNIGHT MADNESS
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Green beans as far as the eye can see. Col. Fred Dollar, left,
and Joe G. Marek, food stores manager, inventory a
mountain of green beans needed for one dining hall meal.
Texas A&M University has the largest institutional food serv
ices operation in the Southwest.
sidents
nominj
resday.
tigatec JOur p ear cobbler-cake is really
ular. It’s one of those dishes
on looks at and says to himself:
jwwho would eat that?’ We came
Iwith the idea back when cherries
re expensive and pears were
lap,” Dollar explained. “Now we
he it almost every meal.
Milk is not served with every
!al. The students found it was too
iensive and voted to take it off the
ch menu.
fowever, 700 gallons of milk are
isumed each day with breakfast
supper.
Innovations are common to food
vices. Texas A&M was one of the
t universities to give students ac-
sto microwave ovens and the first
let students cook their own toast.
“That may not sound like a big
deal, Dollar said. “But, it is to stu
dents. If we made the toast before
they get here in the mornings it
would be cold when they eat it. Now
the toast is hot and fresh. They like it
a lot better and there’s less waste.
“At one major university in the
Southwest, and I’m not naming
names, the students had to be stop
ped from cooking their own toast. It
seem they buttered it before they
toasted it. Really made a mess,” he
said, grinning. “We don’t have that
problem.”
Dollar said Texas A&M students
eat in the dining halls because they
want to, not because they have al
ready paid for the meals and feel ob
ligated.
“We’re proud of the fact our stu
dents eat here because they want
to,” Dollar said. “In conjunction
with the menu boards, we survey
them about likes and dislikes three
times a year, just to see if we re on
the right track. Tastes do change.
We want to change with them.”
Students, however, aren’t the
only ones that like the dining hall
food and the service concepts. The
department has been recognized
many times by industry, including
two national awards this year.
In February, Texas A&M won the
National Silver Plate Award given by
the International Food Service
Manufacturers Association, and will
receive the Ivey Award in May pres
ented by Institution Magazine*
“Our main objective isn’t to win
awards, it’s to take the money we
have available, stretch it as far as it
will go and satisfy the greatest
number of students,” Dollar said.
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