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A RESEARCH REPORT ON FOOD ON CAMPUS
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A RESEARCH REPORT ON FOOD ON CAMPUS 2.
FOOD ON CAMPUS
Abstract
It has become increasingly important to note the changing dynamics in most universities
with regard to food consumption. Students are offered a choice of the type of food they would
love to consume based on their tastes and preferences. Some may opt or not to consume food
from the campus food outlets due to various reasons. This study, therefore, presents a research
conducted to establish the cost of having your meals on campus and what prompts the choice of
what to consume and what not to consume.
Introduction
The demand for food from university restaurants is dependent on a number of factors
including the cost of the food, food quality, convenience of having the food, time among other
key factors. The reasons to consume foods or not to consume also vary amongst the students and
even among the different groups of students including the undergraduate students as well as the
master's students (MANN & BLOTNICKY, 2016, p. 495). This study, therefore, provides an
understanding of some of the reasons why students consume food on campus or why they don’t,
the cost or the expense incurred by most students and how it affects their consumption behavior,
the food variety, and students satisfaction levels as well as the convenience of students to have
their meals at campus restaurants.
Research methodology
The research was conducted and data collected using questionnaires with both closed and
open-ended questions. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed to different groups of

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students that is, both male and female and also both undergraduate students as well as the
postgraduate students taking their masters. Data were collected and results analyzed to present
the following findings and conclusions.
Findings
Concerning the cost or the expense incurred by students both male and female on food
consumption in campus restaurants, the following data was presented. Most students were found
to consume 5 to 10£ with the male students having the highest percentage consumption in this
case. The student's response was that it was expensive to have food on a university campus with
over 80 percent of students agreeing to this fact with the most expensive food varieties being
hotdogs and sandwiches.
On the aspect of satisfaction the research aimed at establishing whether the students were
satisfied consuming their food products on campus or off campus. The underlying question in
this was whether there was enough food variety on campus and would that have influenced the