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San Luis Obispo’s Housing Market Is Pricing Out Cal Poly Employees. A $65 Million Housing Project Aims To Help
The growing demand for housing among Cal Poly faculty and staff is in the process of being answered. “There’s only one long-term solution, which is to build more housing for our faculty and staff,” Cal Poly Corporation CEO Cody VanDorn said. The Cal Poly Corporation...
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Cal Poly dining hall gets new name, teases school’s founding year
Cal Poly’s Campus Dining complex will go by a new name, campus officials announced Thursday. Building No. 19 will be called 1901 Marketplace. The name change, which highlights Cal Poly’s founding year, follows months of gathering campus feedback. The...
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Cal Poly Campus Dining Joins Plant-Based ‘Grate-Ful’ Event to Raise Sustainability Awareness
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly Campus Dining will join 300 fellow colleges and universities nationwide to recognize Stop Food Waste Day by hosting a “Grate-Ful” event and celebrating gratitude for the Earth on April 27. Campus Dining is working with campus and community...
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Cal Poly Dining Complex Renamed, Renovation Underway
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Following months of campus feedback, Cal Poly has renamed its Campus Dining complex (Building No. 19) 1901 Marketplace, a nod at the university’s founding year and in recognition of what the reimagined facility will become. The renaming of the...
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Cal Poly adding more local businesses to campus
The Cal Poly Corporation is working toward incorporating more local businesses on its campus rather than major chains. The university currently works with companies like Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and Subway. However, the goal of having more local businesses on campus is...
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Campus Dining Adds New Vegan Protein Option
Transitioning to a college dining plan already limits food options compared to living at home. Vegan students — who don’t eat any animal products — are limited even further. Now Cal Poly is introducing a new meat substitution option at its dining locations. This new...
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Cal Poly Corporation Marketing and Communications Wins 10 International Awards
Cal Poly Corporation’s Marketing and Communications department was recently awarded with ten international MarCom awards for campaigns promoting employee excellence within Campus Dining, Administration and Finance and the corporation. Of more than 6,000 entries, the...
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Help Build a Better Dining Experience and Possibly Win Big
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Campus Dining is seeking input from the Cal Poly community to help create a better dining experience. The annual fall Building a Better Dining Experience survey is a big part of a Campus Dining’s ongoing process to continually adapt and improve....
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Scout Coffee On Campus To Soft Open On Thursday
On a rainy Sunday evening in 2013, while driving through San Luis Obispo, Jon and Sara Peterson pulled over on Garden Street to take their newborn daughter on a walk through town. On the hunt for the perfect location to launch their coffee shop, the sight of a...
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Food truck villages fill the void during dining hall renovations at Cal Poly
California Polytechnic State University is renovating its flagship dining facility. When the renovations conclude in late 2022, the building will be a state-of-the-art mealtime destination with nine food concepts and plenty of seating. In the meantime, students can...
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Local grocery stores will soon have to donate excess food to feed people and combat climate change
With the combined goal of feeding hungry people and combating climate change, grocery stores and large food distributors must start donating excess edible food instead of wasting it, per legislation that takes effect in January. According to CalRecycle, one in four...
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Food truck ‘villages’ debut on Cal Poly’s campus
To continue foodservice while a facility renovation is underway, Cal Poly Campus Dining recently opened two food truck “villages” where students can order meals. These areas contain rotating food trucks from local favorite concepts, as well as a new truck from the...
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Colleges That Go the Distance for Students with Food Allergies
Allergic Living examines the accommodations and protocols of four colleges that really go the distance for students with food allergies and celiac disease. They are: Vanderbilt in Nashville, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Michigan State in...
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Campus Dining Wins Gold and Bronze Awards in NACUFS Competition
The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) has recognized and awarded Cal Poly Campus Dining as a gold tier recipient for the 2020 Loyal E. Horton Dining Award for Catering-Online Menu. Campus Dining was also awarded a Bronze in the Most...
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Cal Poly University Housing And Campus Dining Are Asking For Donations In Honor Of World Hunger Day
Nearly a quarter of Cal Poly students experience food insecurity, according to a 2018 California State University (CSU) Basic Needs Initiative Report. To combat this, Cal Poly University Housing and Campus Dining are asking students, staff and faculty to donate to...
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Support Mustangs this World Hunger Awareness Day
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – In recognition of World Hunger Day on May 28, Cal Poly University Housing and Campus Dining are asking students, faculty and staff to remember their fellow Mustangs, and give to the Mustang Meal Share program or any of the student-support...
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State University Rebuilds for Serving Flexibility, Extends Retail Components
California Polytechnic State University (more commonly known as Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., welcomes the new 3-story, 35,400-square-foot Vista Grande Dining Complex. The first level contains two retail concepts, along with a registered dietitian’s office....
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Scout Coffee Co. opening third San Luis Obispo location
A locally-owned coffee shop will soon have another San Luis Obispo location. Cal Poly says Scout Coffee Co. will begin serving coffee, pastries and other menu items starting this fall in the yakʔitʸutʸu neighborhood next to the welcome center on campus. “We are so...
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Scout Coffee is coming to Cal Poly. Here’s what the new shop will offer
Cal Poly is getting a new coffee shop on campus for the next school year — and it’s a familiar name to San Luis Obispo residents. SLO-based Scout Coffee Co. will open its third location on the university’s campus on the first day of the fall quarter — Sept. 20,...
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Scout Coffee Co. Coming to Cal Poly Fall 2021
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Scout Coffee Co. is bringing their scratch-made pastries and craft-roasted coffee to the yakʔitʸutʸu neighborhood on Cal Poly’s campus for the opening of the 2021-22 academic year. The locally-owned coffee company recently agreed to partner...
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Cal Poly Passed Extensive Food Allergen Audit by Kitchens with Confidence, a Division of MenuTrinfo
California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, recently passed a rigorous audit by Kitchens with Confidence™. The audit, completed in February of 2021, is an in-depth look into their kitchen operations at a café on campus to ensure that guests...
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Balance Café Receives Allergen-Free Certification
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Following a thorough inspection and audit, Balance Café, a Campus Dining venue in Vista Grande, received allergen-free certification from Kitchens with Confidence for its efforts and commitment to providing food and facilities safe for...
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Panda Express And The Habit Burger Grill Are Coming To Campus, Construction Begins In Spring
Chick-fil-A and Starbucks won’t be the only familiar dining option for students on campus, as the Cal Poly Corporation announced a new building renovation set to include The Habit Burger Grill and Panda Express. Formerly the home of The Avenue and 805 Kitchen, Bldg....
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Campus Dining Partners to Donate Meals to Cal Poly Food Pantry
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – In another step to help ensure every student has access to nutritious meals each day so they can stay focused on their studies, Campus Dining and partner Vitco Foods are donating 80 meals per month to the Cal Poly Food Pantry. Vitco Foods started...
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