The purpose of this study was to obtain the information on student's ideas about quality food, their food preference and the status of using college food service. The survey was undertaken through questionnairs to 264 students of 5 universities in suw...
The purpose of this study was to obtain the information on student's ideas about quality food, their food preference and the status of using college food service. The survey was undertaken through questionnairs to 264 students of 5 universities in suwon areas. The results were as follows :
1. nearly half of the students spent in the range of ₩1,000, to ₩1,500 a day for lunch in college cafeteria. 90% of the students also spent in the range of ₩300 to 900 a day for snacks.
2. Food quality of the meal was evaluated by 5-point scale on various dimensions such as taste, appearance, temperature, cost, quantity and variety of menu. Quantity of food was most acceptable. Temperature and cost were alo acceptable while taste, and appearanc were least acceptable.
Unsatisfaction of menu was largely due to the limited choice of menu.
3. Hygine, distribution and dining facility were also evaluated. Students were unsatisfactory with hygine and dining facility.
Distribution was acceptable when it took 5-10min. The most crowded time was from 12:30PM to 1:00PM.
4. There is a significant relation at 0.001 level between taste and hygine, taste and dining facility respectively.
5. Although students are 'cost-concious', they pointed out that the taste and the nutritional quality of food should be improved first.
6. A food preference questionnair was devised in which 38 items were listed. The most preferred dish was 'Soondubu Chigae'(stew with unmolded tofu) and the least preferred dish was 'myulchi Bockeum'(stir-fried dry small sardine). They preferred one-dish meal.