The Satisfaction Level of Senior High School Students Regarding the Food Served in Canteens

Authors

  • Luis Antonio Ruiz
  • Andrei Dane Teodoro
  • Marc Robert Soriano
  • John Cedric Natividad

Keywords:

SMCQC, canteen, food served

Abstract

CityAbstractWith the implementation of DepEd Order No.13, unhealthy food and beverages choices were removed from schools and in offices. This change in food choices may be for the betterment and improvement of people’s health, but it would also restrict them of food choices that could bring them happiness, comfort, and satisfaction. Thus, it is imperative to see how the Senior High School students of St. Mary’s College Quezon City are satisfied with the food being served in the canteen. A descriptive design was used; a self-administered survey form was given out to the Senior High School students. Researchers conducted a self-administered survey among 50 percent of the students within all of the sections of Senior High school. Stratified random sampling was performed. To ensure the comprehensive analysis of the study, the researchers have performed various statistical tests on the data. In general, many of the respondents regularly buy food from the canteen with 35 respondents answering that they purchase food from the canteen five times a week. Eighteen respondents answered that they buy food from the canteen 1 to 2 times a week. Twenty respondents answered that they buy food from the canteen 3 to 4 times a week, and 27 answered that they buy food from the canteen less than once a week. This bar graph shows the satisfaction level of the Senior High School students on the food of the canteen in terms of Price, Serving Size, Nutritional Value, Taste, Presentation, Variety, and Overall Satisfaction. Out of all the qualities of the food, the price has the most number of very dissatisfied answers. 7% of respondents have said that they are very dissatisfied with the price, and 45% of the respondents have answered that they are unhappy with it. Second is the serving size serving size, 4% of respondents answered that they were very dissatisfied with the serving size of the food, and about 56% of respondents answered that they were dissatisfied with the amount of food being served. The quality with the highest number of very satisfied answers was the taste of the food. 31% of respondents answered "very satisfied" with the taste, and about 61% of respondents said that they were satisfied with the taste. The research shows that 2% of the respondents are very dissatisfied, 32% are dissatisfied, 61% of respondents are satisfied, and 5% of the respondents are very satisfied with the food in the canteen. The study recommends that St. Mary’s College Quezon City should consider adjusting the prices of the food since most of the student thinks it as too expensive. The serving sizes should also be changed because a majority of students are not happy with the serving sizes in the canteen. The canteen cooks shouldn’t worry about the taste of the food and because the results show that a majority of the students are happy with the food’s flavor.

Published

2019-03-18