Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.36
Liaison Michael Chapman
Submission Date Sept. 20, 2023

STARS v2.2

Nova Scotia Community College
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.57 / 6.00 Martha MacGowan
Project Assistant- Sustainability
Facilities & Engineering
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Percentage of total annual food and beverage expenditures on products that are sustainably or ethically produced:
2.20

Percentage of total annual food and beverage expenditures on plant-based foods:
14.74

An inventory of food and beverage purchases that qualify as sustainably/ethically produced:
A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):
NSCC's catering strategies vary by campus. Our largest catering contractor is Chartwells, located at 4 of our 13 campuses; the remaining campuses are catered by the Culinary Arts program faculty and students or individually contracted local caterers. NSCC's main food supplier is GFS (Global Food Services). Chartwell's, our Culinary Arts programs and individual caterers utilize GFS. Chartwell's mainly uses Sysco.

GFS provided an inventory of the College's collective purchases. The College's Culinary Arts programs inventoried their purchase outside of GFS, and Chartwell's provided an inventory of their food purchases.

If reporting Real/Good Food Calculator results, provide:

Website URL where the institution’s validated Real/Good Food Calculator results are publicly posted:
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Which of the following food service providers are present on campus and included in the inventory/assessment?:
Present? Included?
Dining operations and catering services operated by the institution Yes Yes
Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor Yes Yes
Student-run food/catering services Yes Yes
Franchises (e.g., regional or global brands) Yes No
Convenience stores No No
Vending services Yes Yes
Concessions No No

Total annual dining services budget for food and beverage products:
$1 million - $4.9 million

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution’s sustainable food and beverage purchasing program:
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Website URL where information about the food and beverage purchasing program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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