Meal plans

1. Meal plans -Zack Kundel

2. Meal Plans Here at Ithaca College coming up with the most efficient way to pay for your food, actually can be quite a challenging task. There are multiple ways to pay for your meals, if you are looking to eat in the dining halls. There is the Carte Blanche meal plan, the 14+ meal plan, the 10+ meal plan, the 7+ meal plan, and ID Express/Bonus Bucks. Each meal plan costs a different amount of money, and comes with their own different aspects. • Purpose of Survey • The purpose of the survey was to try and come up with the most effective ways to pay for your meals while here at Ithaca College. • I hope to come up with a better idea for getting the most for my money, when I buy future meal plans. • How was the survey conducted? • Sample of convenience • Classmates emailed • Follow-up email • Number returned

3. Survey results

4. Results • Do you have a meal plan here at Ithaca College? • Question and Results • Nearly 80% of the survey respondents Have a meal plan at Ithaca College. Only about 20% of those surveyed don’t use a meal plan. • These findings suggest that meal plans are common, and most people use them to get their food while on campus. • Discussion

5. Results • Question and Results • How many times do you use you eat at the dinning halls per day? • Discussion • The most number of times people ate in the dining halls per day is 5 time. Two of the people who were surveyed don’t eat in the dining halls at all. • These findings suggest that the amount of times that people eat in the dining hall per day is spread between 0 and 5 times per day.

6. Results • Question and Results • Please Rate the Following… • Discussion • This question shows that the highest number of people think that having both a meal plan and ID Express/Bonus Bucks is either necessary or helpful (both at 42.9%) • These findings also suggest that only having ID Express/Bonus Bucks is useless. Percentage of Ratings for Different types of Meal Plans

7. Results • Question and Results • What type of meal plan do you have? • Discussion • This question proved that the Carte Blanche (all you can eat) is the most commonly meal plan, used by the subjects, here at Ithaca College. • The 10+ meal plan is the only type of meal plan that isn’t used out of the subjects questioned.

8. Results • Question and Results • What is one thing you would change about how we pay for our meals if you could? • Discussion • This question found that the most common thing people would change about our meal plans, is that they would be cheaper. • I think the most useful response to the question was that you should pay at the end of the semester based of the amount of food you consume. What would You Change about How we Pay for our Meal Plans • 1.Have the paperwork come for each meal after semester compared to paying for the carte blanche plan before the years • 2.pay less • 3.unlimited should be unlimited • 4.It would be more cheep • 5.Combine bonus bucks and id express • 6.Allow bonus bucks to carry over from semester to semester • 7.pay at the end of the semester based on the food consumed • 8.a meal should be able to be used as a meal to the other places in campus center • 9.they would be free.

9. How can you decide which meal plan is best for you? • 15 people responded to this question. The responses were carefully reviewed and several common themes emerged. The most popular suggestions are listed below: • The most percentage of people have the Carte Blanche Meal Plan. • Out of the people who ate at the dining halls the most common number of times to eat at the dining halls per day is 3 times. • People for the most part agree that the meal plans are too expensive. • Most people think that having a meal plan is necessary but having ID Express or Bonus Bucks is bonus a not necessary.

10. Meal Plans • Act Now! • Summary • Coming up with the meal plan that best fits your needs may be challenging, I hope this helps you figure it out for next time.