Campuses Offering Vegan?

[Guest guest]

Anyone know if this is really really happening? It would be great if it were!

 

Best, Pat ;=)

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One Out of Every Four College Students Wants Vegan Meals According to

ARAMARK Nationwide Survey; Campuses Across Country Offer 'Vegan' This

Fall

 

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2004--According to

ARAMARK's recent nationwide survey completed by over 100,000 college

students, nearly a quarter said finding vegan meals on campus was important

to them. Vegan dishes contain no meat, fish, poultry or other products derived

from animals such as dairy, eggs or honey.

 

As a result, ARAMARK (NYSE:RMK) has added dozens of vegan menu items

as part of the company's innovative and flexible Just4U menu program,

available on nearly two dozen ARAMARK-managed college campuses this

fall.

 

New menu items include Sweet Thai Tofu Stir-Fry, Broccoli Teriyaki, Chili

Garlic Stir-Fry, Vegan Cheese Quesadillas, Vegan " Chicken " Burritos,

Eggless " Egg " Salad, " Turkey " Subs, and Vegan " Cheese " Burgers. Each dish

contains flavorful meat or cheese alternatives, made from soy or other vegan

products.

 

" Our DiningStyles research demonstrated that demand for vegan is

especially strong among college students, as fully 24% of students indicated

that vegan dishes were important to them versus only 18% for low-carb, " said

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Read on? Okay:

 

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=

news_view & newsId=20041019005105 & newsLang=en

[Guest guest]

Anecdote told by a vegan friend who attended Carleton University 10

years ago:

 

She had signed up for the vegetarian meal plan at the cafeteria and

proceeded along past the various areas, picking up some salad along

the way. When she reached the hot food section, she asked the server,

" So, what's the vegetarian meal today? "

 

The server replied, " Vegetarian stew. " He gestured towards the steamer

tray containing it.

 

Skeptically, my friend replied, " Is there beef in that? "

 

" Yes. "

[Guest guest]

It's funny you should mention Carleton. I've been vegan for 6 years,

and going to Carleton since 1998. I guess things changed a bit since

your friend was there 10 years ago since they had real vegan options

for many years (ingredient lists were offered and certain products

were cooked in non-meat pans etc). However, last year Carleton

decided to change food service providers (most likely for economic

reasons), and most vegan items (except the salad bar) got taken off

the menu. Nice... Carleton even forced the vegan " G-Spot " food

collective out in 2002, this time for insurance reasons. University

campuses in general are probably better off than they were 10 years

ago in terms of veg*n options, but economics (and to a certain

degree, politics) still seem to take precedence over anything else.

 

I'll use this post as an introduction as well: My name is Julie, i

live in Ottawa, Canada, am 28 and vegan.

 

 

 

, " Stuart Parker "

<afusangite> wrote:

>

> Anecdote told by a vegan friend who attended Carleton University 10

> years ago:

>

> She had signed up for the vegetarian meal plan at the cafeteria and

> proceeded along past the various areas, picking up some salad along

> the way. When she reached the hot food section, she asked the

server,

> " So, what's the vegetarian meal today? "

>

> The server replied, " Vegetarian stew. " He gestured towards the

steamer

> tray containing it.

>

> Skeptically, my friend replied, " Is there beef in that? "

>

> " Yes. "