University of Rochester closes dining hall due to worker shortage. Here's what's being done

[TexasTowelie]

The University of Rochester has closed or scaled back several of its dining options and given students a partial refund on their meal plans, the result of an ongoing workforce shortage in its food services department.

One of the main dining halls, Danforth Dining Center, is closed indefinitely.

Several other smaller options are closed and the catering department has stopped taking new orders so that its employees can be redeployed elsewhere.

UR is also temporarily allowing students to use their meal balances on off-campus meals delivered to campus through the food ordering app GrubHub, and is bringing food trucks onto campus to provide more options.

Read more: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/10/11/university-of-rochester-closes-dining-hall-worker-shortage-refund-grubhub-food-trucks/6051638001/

[drmeow]

1. First question I have

Is student dining designed to be revenue generating for the institution? My guess is yes - because greedy (private)/cash strapped (public) institutions of higher education turned every possible division they could into a revenue generation scheme starting in the late 80's or so.