The Oklahoma City University dining venues serve approximately 1,600 students a day, 900 of which go to the cafeteria, while Alvin’s Market and Kitchen 1904 serve about 700 combined. However, some students have come forward saying they feel their dietary needs are not being fulfilled by the venues, frequently becoming sick due to mislabeling and cross contamination of gluten-free meals, specifically, as well as vegan and vegetarian meals. This is significantly dangerous in some medical cases such as celiac disease, which, if gluten continues to be ingested, other serious complications can occur in a student’s health such as Type 1 diabetes, anemia, infertility, heart disease, intestinal cancer and many more.
Dining services consider replacing Chick-fil-A
OCU’s food service company Chartwells is considering replacing the university’s Chick-fil-A restaurant with a new food service called Bowl Life.
Opinion: Columnist reviews Cajun King, does not bow to its royal authority
Columnist Hope Melton reviews the Cajun King buffet.
Chick-fil-A won’t provide enough variety on its own
Officials announced earlier this month that they will replace Alvin’s Café with a Chick-fil-A, leaving students with dietary restrictions concerned.
Dining services needs to better accommodate dietary restrictions
While most vegans and vegetarians choose their food based on a moral decision, some students can’t eat certain foods because of an intolerance, allergy or religious restriction.
