UGA Food Services in top one percent

University of Georgia Food Services continues to rank in the top one percent of food services based on customer satisfaction and national awards earned.

Students provide input to food services' staff concerning their satisfaction with dining hall food, cleanliness of facilities, dining room environments, service from dining hall staff and the value of the meal plans. Food services has received 67 national awards since 1986, and has won the Loyal E. Horton Menu Award for Excellence by the National Association of College and University Food Services 60 times. UGA is the only collegiate food service operation to have received so many Horton awards. The department also has received the 2002 Silver Plate Award from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association and the industry's highest accolade, the Ivy Award of Distinction from Restaurants & Institutions Magazine.

"The continuous number of accolades that food services receives is a direct result of having a staff that is committed to outstanding services, superior food quality and their commitment to excellence," said Mike Floyd, food services director. "It is our vision to be the benchmark for outstanding service in the college food service industry. To be the benchmark, you have to be constantly raising the bar in levels of service, expanded food selections and choices. Customer input is validation of our success in reaching this goal."

Floyd noted that such expanded selections include the fare offered by the newly renovated Oglethorpe Dining Commons, which includes burritos, sushi, specialty coffees and a Mongolian grill.

For more information about the university's award-winning food services program, visit www.uga.edu/foodservice.