Takeaway set to open on campus
The University is set to give the go-ahead for a campus fast food takeaway.
Unlike Your:Shop and Your:Books, Commercial Services is taking charge of the scheme. “It was their idea and their venture” said Nat Thwaites-McGowan, current Students’ Union Services and Finance Officer.
Despite this, the SU are trying to make the venture as well suited to students as possible, having sent out a survey last term canvassing student opinion. “We [the Students’ Union] designed the survey so that the University can get a better idea of what students actually want” said Amy Woods, Services and Finance Officer elect. “We’re trying to keep the decisions as student-led as possible”.
The new takeaway is likely to be situated in Vanbrugh, making use of current facilities . It is hoped that it will be more successful than JJ’s pizza, which is partly kept afloat by JJ’s bar profits.
It will also be kept as fair trade and environmentally friendly as possible in terms of packaging and food.
Thwaites-MacGowan believes the takeaway won’t encourage an unhealthy student diet. “The University is populated with individuals educated to a very high level and as such we always promote choice. Introducing the takeaway on campus would be a good service and has the potential to raise much needed funding for Commercial Services.”
The venture is in its early stages and the scheme may be operational in time for next year’s autumn term, though this has not been confirmed.
