Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.74
Liaison Kathleen Crawford
Submission Date July 28, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Florida Gulf Coast University
OP-7: Low Impact Dining

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.43 / 3.00 Gary Stellges
General Manager
Aramark
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Percentage of total dining services food purchases comprised of conventionally produced animal products:
8.60

A brief description of the methodology used to track/inventory expenditures on animal products:

Purchase history from current suppliers.


Does the institution offer diverse, complete-protein vegan dining options at all meals in at least one dining facility on campus?:
Yes

Does the institution provide labels and/or signage that distinguishes between vegan, vegetarian (not vegan), and other items?:
Yes

Are the vegan options accessible to all members of the campus community?:
Yes

A brief description of the vegan dining program, including availability, sample menus, signage and any promotional activities (e.g. “Meatless Mondays”):

SoVi Dining Hall has a Vegan dining station available for every meal. Jamba Juice in the Cohen has vegan options for every meal and Truly Organic, Einsteins, and Chik-fil-a have vegetarian options at every mean. Azuls in Howard Hall has complete vegetarian options at every meal.


A brief description of other efforts the institution has made to reduce the impact of its animal-derived food purchases:

Tailoring the menus to be vegetarian heavy.


The website URL where information about the vegan dining program is available:
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Annual dining services expenditures on food:
1,487,007 US/Canadian $

Annual dining services expenditures on conventionally produced animal products:
128,472 US/Canadian $

Annual dining services expenditures on sustainably produced animal products:
0 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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