RM PRESENTATION ON COMPARATIVE PERCEPTION

OF MESS FOOD VIS-A VIS CANTEEN OF OUR COLLEGE

Group Members-

Shahbaaz Ahmed PGFB1345Shravan Kumar PGFB1347

Sundram Sinha PGFB134Swati sharma PGFB13Saloni Mishra PGFB13Rajni Vasisht PGFB134

INTRODUCTION

• Importance of College Canteen and Mess in Student’s life.

• Eating out decisions by an individual based on-1. Biological determinants( Hunger, Apetite & Taste)2. Economic determinants(Cost, income, availability)3. Physical determinants (Access, education, skills and time)4. Social determinants (Culture, family, peers and meal

patterns)5. Psychological determinants (Mood, stress and guilt)6. Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about food.

LITERATURE REVIEW• Anderson A, Hetherington M, Adamson A, et al. (2003) The

development of and evaluation of a novel school based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake in children (Five a Day The Bash Street Way), N09003. Report for the FSA, London. (see http://www.food.gov.uk/)

• Anderson A & Cox D (2000) Five a day - challenges and achievements. Nutrition and Food Science 30(1): 30-4.

• Anderson AS, Cox DN, McKellar S, Reynolds J, Lean MEJ, Mela DJ (1998) Take Five, a nutrition education intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intakes: impact on attitudes towards dietary change. British Journal of Nutrition 80: 133-140.

• Maddock, Bronwyn, Warren, Carol and Worsley, Anthony 2005-09, Survey of canteens and food services in Victorian schools, Nutrition and dietetics, vol. 62, no. 2-3, pp. 76-81).

METHODOLGY ADOPTED• Objective-

To compare student’s perception of mess food with respect to canteen food in JIM college.

• Hypothesis-1. There is no significant difference between Menu of food items and

student’s choice for mess food and canteen food.2. There is no effect of hygiene on student’s choice for mess food and

canteen food.3. There is no relationship between eating out factors and student’s

choice between canteen and mess.4. Mean ratings of mess is not 70.

RESEARCH DESIGN

• Taste, Service and Hygiene factors are independent variables.• Student’s food choice is dependent variable.• Descriptive method used.• Use of survey questionnaires.• Study conducted to determine service and satisfaction of

students of canteen and mess.• Results encoded and analysed. • Statistical tool (SPSS 16.0) used to interprete the data.

SAMPLING DESIGN• Sample of 60 respondents taken.

• Respondents represents students of college.

• Probability sampling- Simple Random sampling is used.

• Since, respondents are more or less homogenous, hence, sample size is comparatively small.

• No biasing based on gender or age.

• Structured and undisguised form of data collection.

DATA COLLECTION (Questionnaire)1. Where do you prefer to eat mostly?• Canteen • Mess• Others.

2. How frequently do you eat in the canteen?• Daily • Alternate days• Weekly• Randomly.

3. What is the basic reason for you to go the canteen in comparison to the mess?• To eat• Hang out with friends• Others

4. What do you prefer to eat mostly ?• Fast food• Beverages• Thaali• Others

5. How do you differentiate between canteen and mess food?• On the basis of taste• Service • Cleanliness• Variety of food

6. Which meal do you prefer to eat in the mess ?• Breakfast• Lunch• Dinner• All of the above

7. Are you satisfied with the variety of foods served in the canteen?• Yes • No• Can’t say

8. Thinking about the value of money, how will you describe food served in canteen in general?• Excellent• Good• Average• Poor

9. Where do you think is the nutritional value of food better?• Mess• Canteen• Equal• Can’t say

10. Do you think non hostellers should be allowed to eat in the mess?• Yes• No• Sometimes

11. Where do you find a better infrastructure and environment?• Canteen• Mess

Questionnaire

Factors Excellent Good Average Below Average

Poor

           Menu Variety          

Value of money          Promptness of service

         

Quality of service          Quality of food          Mess staff hospitality

         

Cleanliness          Décor          

12. Please rate the following accordingly (Canteen and mess)-

Questionnaire

Service factors

Strongly Agree

Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree

           Good Hospitality

         

Staff treats everyone equal

         

Wait in queue for a long time

         

Average waiting time

         

13. Please answer appropriately (Service factors)-

Questionnaire

Hygiene Factors Strongly Agree

Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree

           

Utensils provided are clean

         

Found foul smell

         

Tables, chairs are clean

         

Found bugs/mice/dirt

         

Environment & hygiene is acceptable

         

14. Please rate the following accordingly (Hygiene factors)-

Data Analysis

Menu Va-riety

Value of money

Promptness of service

Quality of service

Quality of food

Cleanliness Décor05

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Comparison of factors which affects food preference between mess and canteen

Mess Canteen

Data Analysis

Hospitality Staff treats everyone equal Waiting time in queue Average waiting time05

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Comparison on the basis of Service factor between canteen and mess

Mess Canteen

Data Analysis

Clean utensils Foul smell Clean tables,chairs Found bugs/mice/dirt Environment is acceptable

05

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Comparison of Hygiene factors between canteen and mess

Mess Canteen

INFERENTIAL ANALYSIS (Hypothesis testing 1)• H0- There is no significant difference between Menu of

food items and student’s choice for mess food and canteen food.

• Menu type- Independent variable & Ratio scale• Student’s choice- Dependent variable & Nominal scale

• 2 sampled t- test used.

Inferential Analysis (Hypothesis testing 1)• Since, .004 < .05Hence, we accept H1. Result-

There is a significant difference between Menu of food items and student’s choice for mess food and canteen food.

INFERENTIAL ANALYSIS (Hypothesis testing 2)• H0- There is no effect of hygiene on student’s choice for

mess food and canteen food.

• Hygiene- Independent variable & Ratio scale• Student’s choice- Dependent variable & Nominal scale

• 2 sampled t- test used.

Inferential Analysis (Hypothesis testing 2)• Since, .002 < .05• Hence, we accept H1.

Result-

• There is effect of hygiene on student’s choice for mess food and canteen food

INFERENTIAL ANALYSIS (Hypothesis testing 3)• H0- There is no relationship between eating out factors

and student’s choice between canteen and mess.

• Eating out factors - Independent variable & Nominal scale• Student’s choice- Dependent variable & Nominal scale

• Chi square test is used.

Inferential Analysis (Hypothesis 3)

• Here, .046 <.05• Hence, we reject H1.

Result-

There is no relationship between eating out factors and student’s choice between canteen and mess.

INFERENTIAL ANALYSIS (Hypothesis testing 4)• H0- Mean ratings of mess is different from 70.

• Ratingm - Independent variable & Ratio scale

• 1 sampled t- test is used.

Inferential Analysis (Hypothesis 4)

• Here, .000<.05• Hence, we reject H1.

Result-

Mean ratings of mess is not different from 70.

FINDINGS• Lack of Nutritious food in canteen. ( 35 students prefer mess food than canteen food on the basis of quality)

• Value of money is better in mess than canteen .( 33 students prefer Mess food than canteen food on the basis of Value for money)

• Lack of food variety in canteen than mess.( 31 students prefer Mess food than Canteen food on the basis of Menu variety)

• Waiting time of canteen is more than that of mess.( 36 students prefer Mess than canteen on the basis of waiting time)

Findings

• Students found dirt, and foul smell in canteen than mess.( 40 students prefer to go to mess than canteen than 20 students who go to canteen)

• Environment is marginally better in mess than canteen.( 31 students prefer to visit mess than 29 students who goes to canteen)

• Utensils are more cleaner in mess than canteen.( 35 students prefer mess food than 25 students who prefer canteen food on the basis of clean utensils)

RECOMMENDATIONS/ SUGGESTIONS

• More people to serve food in canteen.• More seating area in canteen.• Faster payment to decrease waiting time.• Cleanliness should be maintained in canteen.• Healthier food should be included in canteen menu.• Mess environment could be improved.