Dining Services Review Process and Master Plan Finance & Administration Advisory Committee November 28, 2012

Why?  Expiration of Current Contract  Current & Future Growth  Campus Planning Efforts  Master Plan  Strategic Plan

Three Phases  Initial Assessment  Master Plan for Campus Dining Services  Request for Proposals (RFP)

Phase 1: Initial Assessment  Current & Future State of Dining Services  Current services, capacity, locations, etc.  Retail, catering, vending  Data Collection  Financial Data, Transactions, etc.  Eight Focus Groups 4 student groups; 4 faculty/staff groups  Meetings with individual departments

Phase 2: Master Plan for Dining Services  Existing Conditions  Market Research  Campus-Wide Survey  Address Current & Future Growth  Operations  Locations, including facility changes & improvements  Financial Models  Menus, concepts  Alternative Management Models  Meal Plans  Connection to Master Plan & Strategic Plan

Phase 3: RFP Process  Informed by Phase 1 & Phase 2  Evaluations, Site Visits, Interviews  Campus-Wide Committee  New Dining Services Contract  Summer 2013