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Research shows college dining operators’ view on fall 2020

From a reduction in students on meal plans to operational and menu changes, Food Management research dives into the outlook for college dining programs this fall.

Becky Schilling, Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

September 4, 2020

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This summer, Food Management hosted Back To School, a leadership series for college and K-12 school foodservice operators. As part of that program, we wanted to conduct proprietary research to determine just how college and university directors thought the fall semester would look like following a spring and summer shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

So in July, we conducted a research study of college directors to find out their feelings toward things like meal plan pricing and participation, delivery, catering, concessions, menu and operational changes and what was happening with their workforce.

The research was conducted online between July 14 and July 24, and we received 110 completed surveys. This program was sponsored by Bush Brothers. You can watch an on-demand session describing and detailing the research in full online.

About the Author

Becky Schilling

Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

Becky Schilling is Food Management’s editor-in-chief, and the group content director for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, managing editorial for digital, print and events for Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News media brands. Becky holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas A&M University and a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Before joining Food Management in 2014, Becky was with FoodService Director magazine for seven years, the last two as editor-in-chief. Becky is a history nerd and a sports fanatic, especially college football—Gig'em Ags—and tennis. A born and raised Texan, Becky currently resides in New York City.

Becky Schilling’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), foodservice menus, operational best practices and innovation.

Becky Schilling is a frequent speaker at industry events including The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) and The Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management (SHFM).

Becky Schilling’s experience:

Group Content Director, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (Feb. 2020-present)

Editor-in-chief Food Management (Nov. 2014-present)

Director of Content Strategy & Optimization, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (March 2019-Feb. 2020)

Editor-in-chief, Supermarket News (April 2019-March 2019)

Executive Editor, Supermarket News (July 2016-April 2017)

Editor-in-chief, FoodService Director magazine (March 2013-Oct. 2014)

Managing Editor (FoodService Director magazine (March 2012-March 2013)

Associate Editor (FoodService Director magazine (Nov. 2007-March 2012)

Contact Becky Schilling at:

[email protected]

@bschilling_FM

https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-schilling-39194ba/

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