IMMEDIATE JUNE 21, 2004

FOOD SERVICE AT ABAC GETS NEW LOOK

TIFTON--Food service at Abraham Baldwin College is about to take on a brand new look.

Due to the opening of ABAC Place apartments and the future arrival of a convenience store to be located in Town Hall at ABAC Place, the way students receive their meals is being revamped. Residents will no longer have a limited amount of choices to dine from, and a meal plan will not be required for students living on campus. ARAMARK will continue to be the food services provider for the college.

To accommodate the anticipated changes, a portion of the Donaldson Dining Hall will be renovated before classes begin for the fall term on Aug. 23. The current plans are to section off a part of the main dining room and make it into more of a modern and classy dining area. Another section will be transformed into a student lounge area with comfortable seating, television, and computers.

The food service area will possibly be renovated into a food court area. Food court possibilities include the following: a Salad Garden salad bar; a Montague’s Deli that will feature hamburgers, Philly steaks, chicken finger baskets, grilled chicken breast sandwiches, Bene Pizzaria pizza and pasta; and a Home Zone area that will include home style type entrees and vegetables. ARAMARK also hopes to bring a Yava City coffee center into the dining hall.

All meals will be on an a la carte basis starting this fall semester in the dining hall. Vice President for Fiscal Affairs Floyd Wright said the manner in which meals will be provided will be totally different. In the past, every student residing on campus had to buy a meal plan. With the development of ABAC Place, that is no longer mandatory since all of the apartments have a full kitchen.

Another huge change will be the placement of a convenience store located in Town Hall at the ABAC Place apartments. The convenience store will offer a variety of products that students might need on a daily basis in their apartments. ARAMARK also hopes to bring Starbucks Coffee to the store.

Students will be able to purchase items from the dining hall or convenience store on a cash basis or by depositing funds to their ABAC GoldCard, which can be used in the dining hall, convenience store, or bookstore.

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