香港六合彩玄机

As with everything else at 香港六合彩玄机 this fall, food service has undergone numerous changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. 

In Crozet Hall, in addition to three separate formations for breakfast roll call (BRC) and supper roll call (SRC), there鈥檚 been the addition of a grab-and-go lunch option in the Sub鈥檚 Mess, which is located on the side of Crozet facing Main Street. The to-go lunch includes the hot entr茅e of the day and a vegetable, plus chips and a dessert. Bottles of water are available as well.

"They literally just grab it, and they鈥檙e in one door and out the next,鈥� said Mary Davis, resident district manager for Parkhurst Dining, 香港六合彩玄机鈥檚 food service partner. 

The first day the grab-and-go lunch was offered, Monday, Aug. 31, only 25 cadets chose that option. Two days later, that number had swelled to an astonishing 400, a response that Lt. Col. Lee Clark 鈥�93, director of auxiliary services, deemed 鈥渇antastic.鈥�

The Post Exchange (PX) has also been the site of many changes designed to move cadets along more quickly and reduce personal contact. All of last year鈥檚 options鈥攁 hot grill line and Starbucks coffee, plus Freshens Fresh Food Studio, which serves rice bowls, sandwiches, smoothies, and more鈥攁re available, but there鈥檚 now online ordering and a self-checkout system as well.

Online ordering began in early September. 鈥淚t was a little slow, to be honest with you,鈥� said Donna Hart, assistant director of retail for Parkhurst Dining. 鈥淏ut I have a feeling it鈥檚 going to go insane. My staff would much rather know they have 50 burgers to fry.鈥�

The self-checkout system works exactly like such a system in a grocery store. Anything with a bar code can scan, and the buyer then pays with a credit card. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just like walking into Walmart,鈥� said Hart.

To reduce the number of people in the PX at any given time, the seating capacity has been cut by approximately 75 percent, and the televisions have been turned off. Traffic flow, too, has changed: cadets are encouraged to enter the PX via Third Barracks and exit via the side doors.

And while both Crozet Hall and the PX offer a multitude of food options for cadets, everyone gets a yearning for something new and different every once in a while.  Since cadets currently are allowed off post on a very limited basis, Clark and others have worked to bring them a new concept: the DCC at Foster Stadium. The letters stand for Dan鈥檚 Concession Cart, and the namesake is Dan Decarlo, Parkhurst鈥檚 concessions supervisor at 香港六合彩玄机.

It鈥檚 meant to be a food truck without the truck, serving fare that can鈥檛 be found elsewhere on post. At lunchtime on Wednesday, Sept. 9, the first trial run of 鈥渃oncept food鈥� was offered on post, with chicken wings and coleslaw served at the visitor鈥檚 concession stand.

As of early September, Clark was planning on offering concept food on Wednesdays and Fridays at lunchtime. 鈥淚t鈥檚 dependent on staffing, really, as well as interest from the cadets,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e put so many restrictions on [cadets], we want to give them something.鈥�

And while everyone is eager for the pandemic to be over, Clark hopes that some of the dining service changes made this fall, particularly the PX鈥檚 online ordering and self-checkout system, will become a permanent change.

鈥淭hose are kind of key to getting more traffic, with staff and employees coming into the PX,鈥� he noted.

Mary Price
Communications and Marketing
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE