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The 2019 college dining Power Players

Here are the 25 college dining programs with the highest number of meal plans sold.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

June 4, 2019

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Here is our annual roundup of the recent activities of the largest college dining programs in the country as measured by the number of meal plans sold. In addition to the meal plan participation number, in each entry we have provided several other data points, from enrollment figures and meal plan cost ranges to the number of dining outlets—residential and retail—each program deploys. A short narrative accompanying each entry details some of the program’s recent initiatives.

While this listing is confined to the 25 colleges with the highest number of meal plans sold, we will in the near future complement it with a second college dining Power Players package highlighting some other major programs that didn’t make this list.

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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