A new report from Bryant Research has found that universities can save hundreds of thousands of dollars and reduce their environmental impact significantly if they switch to 100 percent plant-based catering.
  • Che Banana@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Funny story, when I was the exec. chef for an account at a small-ish university I originally had each station offering a vegan/vegetarian option in the main cafe after a huge renovation, that didn’t sit well with the student body so we dedicated one of the 8 stations as exclusively vegan/vegetarian (while maintaining the original veg options available on the other stations).

    I regularly sat with individual students to address alternative dietary needs, allergies, etc. Along with the two FOH managers who were absolutely two of the most wholesome people I have ever worked with.

    So we sat down with one young gentleman whom I have met with on a couple occasions, he was a grumpy little shit.

    Anyway, he absolutely lauded the vegan/vegetarian station-by far the best food in the cafe. “So good, fresh, nutritional, but…but…”:

    "could you please just put some meat there? Maybe just chicken, but something?’

    “okay maybe you’re missing the point of having an exclusively vegan/vegetarian station”

    “But…they don’t have to eat it!”

    Round and round for about an hour like this and he just didn’t get it.