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Do you think the food options on campus could be improved? Why or Why not?

1. More healthier options other than a salad that tastes like it’s been in the fridge for three days. 2. There should be lower cost options. 3. food that can cater to people who have food allergies like gluten and dairy as well as things with more actual nutrition rather than mostly candy and ramen 4. I think food should be available for longer throughout the day. It'd be nice for those taking night classes to be able to grab before their class. Also, it'd be nice for their to be more variety on campus. 5. Maybe having a bit more variety and not the same thing every day. Having an alternating of some sort. 6. Consider the fact that a lot of students are struggling just to survive. I appreciate the quality of food but the prices for many is too much. 7. Yes, I do think it could be improved because students need to eat a well balanced every day and also need to have easily access to food at any time of the day. For example, I have noticed that students who are taking evening classes don't have access to balanced because the Vista Dining is not open. Thus, they grab edibles from BlackRock. 8. I love pizza and the option we have at the vista dining is mostly bread. Despite the low cost I would rather pay a bit more for a delicious slice of pizza that is more chees less bread. 9. Yes! Not a lot of options after certain periods of time. 10. Yes it would be nice to have more healthy options for someone wigh food allergies. Have a hard time finding something. 11. YES. Gluten free just isn’t a thing unless I want a salad. It sucks. 12. Yes. The quality of the food is low grade, full of additives. No organic options. 13. The quality needs to go up to match the price in which they charge. Quality is quite low across the board 14. Add more options. Get Vista Dining more popular. People would be more willing to buy campus food if it's more affordable than what's off campus. 15. No comment 16. Of but there are not enough people utilizing the to get better options. 17. Yes. Gluten and dairy free options, fresh fruit, nuts/seeds, and hard boiled eggs would be great choices available! 18. Yes, I do think the food options on campus could be improved because for one river view closes at 2 and that is not late enough in my opinion when we have students on campus until about 10pm. Yes the cafe that river view has stays open longer but it does not nearly have as many options for people who have diets they like to stick to. 19. Yes 20. Yes. The prices continue to rise while the availability (hours open) continues to decline. 21. Yes, I’d love To have a place that serves bubble ! Also it would be cool to host a bunch of food carts in a special lot / area. 22. more healthy choices The Advocate Newspaper 7

23. It would be perfect if there will be more vegan options available for salads, sandwiches, and . 24. Offer something at night. There are several night classes, and it sucks taking the bus that late on an empty stomach 25. Not sure haven't visited the cafeteria. 26. Not sure haven't visited the cafeteria. 27. Coffee options on campus are pretty good btwn bookstore and blackrock, but it would be nice to have more for gluten-free people. Basically the safest item to eat is a salad if you can find one without croutons. 28. Yes they are quite expensive so I try to bring something from home, there should be a cheaper alternative 29. Too expensive and extremely limited options. Black Rock coffee is awesome 30. Yes 31. because the cafeteria and cafe are both expensive for the relative portions of most of their food 32. Yes, needs more variety. 33. I think there should be healthier options 34. Besides vista dinning bad pizza there isn’t much else that needs to improve 35. Yes! I can't afford the cafeteria this year, except for the value menu where the only vegetarian option is fries. 36. Ya we should bring in a or something. 37. There are so many options, I think they are good as is. 38. I feel as they should add more option in food wise 39. Yes, you guys could serve rice+meat. 40. I think overall it's good. If possible, cheaper prices would be nice. Or a way to link a food card with our school account to be billed in case students forget their wallet. 41. Yes- vegetable prep is done before hand- I am allergic to peppers so I am unable to eat most things in the cafeteria due to cross contamination. Some more options besides sandwich and salads would be better. 42. Yes. The quality and variety could be improved. Also the appearance of the facilities. Please look at other schools such as PSU or PCC. 43. Too expensive. French Dip: dry meat with watered down Au Jus. $8 something for a cheese burger and fry's? Wow! Philly Cheese Steak: liquid cheese? Menu is locked so there can be no modifications which is...odd. My suggestion is to look at what other community colleges offer and replicate. 44. More healthy and low-carb options in the bookstore it would be very helpful. 45. Maybe improved or hang some posters saying that theres food at this or that place. 46. For me, the options I have are fine because I only go to the Riverview cafe since its close to all my classes and they have mutiple choices. 47. YES! As a vegetarian, I asked if I could order the vegetable stir fry with tofu or tempeh instead of beef/chicken/pork and was told NO. End of story. Vegetarians deserve to have a protein source too! The Advocate Newspaper 8

48. Yes. I think the prices from Riverview are ok but the selections are limited. They have improved this year but could be more robust. Our evening students, there are quite a few, have very limited options. 49. I think the amount of options is fine. Being able to use the cafeteria later in the day as a quiet place to work on assignments would be good. 50. No, much. I get hungry a lot. We need more frozen food like hot pockets and more. 51. I don't know 52. I would eat on campus if uncommon food allergies could be thought of. 53. The institution should ask the student population what they would like to ingest. 54. I like the food options we have here, I do not think improvements need to be made. 55. v little to no vegan/gluten free options 56. yes the food options can be improved by providing cheaper options for . 57. i think the book store should be opened till 9pm 58. Yes 59. YES! The food is terrible! Please provide clean organic high protein, healthy fats, low carb options at reasonable prices. Stevia would be great! 60. Longer hours! 61. Yes and more place to eat if you have your food 62. YES, Lack of adequate vegetarian options, expensive (Riverview), poor quality (riverview), lack of consistency in menu items(riverview) 63. Yes, MHCC already has quite a wide range of fresh on campus, but I'd like to see more salads available in the Bookstore. 64. Maybe have a location open a little later? Or more food options at or near Black Rock. 65. I don't think there are enough gluten free or dairy free options available on campus and would like to see that improve. 66. Yes because there aren’t many healthy options or vegan options for those on a limited budget. Most of the food is not appealing, if vegan, and greatly overpriced. 67. it would be nice to have a place with some healthy choices if i were running late and could grab a bite before class starts 68. I LOVE the salads, soups (broth), fries even though they are bad for me, and the value menu is an awesome addition. I wish Vista Dining was open later. I wish all were open beyond 2 PM. 69. Yes, because it's only available during a limited time frame, and it is a little overpriced for the options we have to choose from. 70. I think we should have food carts. Because the food we currently have on campus sucks and is never in full stock of anything. I wish that they could at least keep something in stock I don't have time to be running around to check if other shops have it. Also there is nothing open or offered for night classes. I am not in any night classes but I feel bad for students who are in night school. Also the food is often bland and tasteless or cold. 71. I had chicken strips in the cafeteria last week and they were soggy and gross The Advocate Newspaper 9

72. More hours/later hours for students who need dinner around night classes 73. Yes. There are not that many options, so it is very easy to get tired of the same things every day. 74. Yes by providing healthy snacks and 75. Yes! Of the food available there is only one item that I enjoy eating. It is the couscous black bean salad in the river view cafe and it is not always fresh. The other options I eat are the wraps and sandwiches which are of convenience store quality ( not very good) 76. "The food can be improved. Cheese and cream isnt for everyone. There are no salad dressings without dairy except for the oil& vinegar. Having something like hummus would be a nice inexpensive alternative. Available with a side of vegetable. Chickpeas or lentil dishes. Thank you" 77. Would like to see a little bigger menu. Bacon, eggs, sausage, and hash-browns get a little boring. 78. I think that there should be more variety of healthy food in the cafetaria 79. I think it's a pretty decent variety, but since I've only generally visited one area of the campus that offers food, I can't really speak for the rest of it. There are a lot of different hot/cold options for a good price range, which is nice 80. Yes. The qualify of food in the cafeteria is adequate, but the prices for the food is too expensive for it to be a collect cafeteria. I can get the same items are professional for the same prices. 81. No. There are plenty of options, spaced out across the campus, and they are (for the most part) reasonably priced. 82. More vegan options are absolutely needed. 83. Yes, because there's options everyone depending on diferent diets and allergies. 84. Yes. I think there should be less expensive options for grab and go food, and at least one place to go for dinner for night students. 85. Yes. More variety would be welcomed. 86. Yes, I do believe the food options on campus could be improved. Vista dinning was excellent when they first started on campus, but since they came back after the summer term last year, the food quality and options have gone down. As far as the bookstore; they are overly expensive and repetitive, they never have anything new, you have to pay attention to expiration dates because they don't, the food section is not appealing to walk through, I've approached the manager about having different sandwiches and maybe a salad option but she wasn't very open to my suggestions and then walked off to another employee who was sitting behind this glass window at a desk and they both were looking at me while talking to each other. It was a really weird feeling/situation the manager created. She made me feel bad about my suggestions. It's hard when the cafeteria closes and the closest option is the bookstore. I'd rather go hungry or bring my own lunch then buy something from the bookstore. 87. Yes. I feel like there could be more options available (veggie, meat, snacks, etc.). 88. Yes, the options are various to a degree. 89. Other than the cafeteria, the other food options are very expensive and don't have great choices, such as the bookstore. They always carry the same thing and if I miss lunch at the cafeteria, it's hard trying to find something I want to eat at the bookstore. I've also have purchased moldy food items from there which doesn't help me to continue to buy food from them. The Advocate Newspaper 10

90. Bring in another vendor. Overall from most of the food choices I have experienced with this vendor, it is too salty or bland or obviously caloric. There is not enough truly healthy food besides the salads. The problem with the salads is there is no option to buy a smaller salad for a lower price. I used to go when I returned to campus Fall of 2017, but have slowly backed out of purchasing any food from the Vista or the Riverview Café. 91. More healthy and tasty choices 92. Yes. The food is pretty expensive for what it is especially considering most college students are super broke. 93. Yes. The food is pretty expensive for what it is especially considering most college students are super broke. 94. Yes. Greater variety of healthy options. 95. Yes because people get hungry 96. Yes, Maybe some Hot food could be available 97. maybe if the Riverview café had a punch card to earn free cups of coffee? 98. Yes, more options would be nice. Food trucks would be a good addition. 99. maybe if the Riverview café had a punch card to earn free cups of coffee? 100. Yes. I would suggest having a chain pizza like Pizza Hut or Dominos pizza. Tastes better. We are students and cant afford the high prices that are charged. 101. I think its great as it is.