200 students at the Neustadt wine campus, 301 students at the vocational school and around 200 employees at the Breitenweg 71 site in Neustadt an der Weinstraße have been without meals since the beginning of the year. As of Thursday, October 15, this will come to an end and the students, pupils, staff and guests will be catered for by the Studierendenwerk Vorderpfalz.
"For us, it is a great stroke of luck to be able to offer our services on this beautifully located campus and, of course, a very gladly accepted challenge to also convince with it," says Andreas Dubiel, the head of university catering of the Studierendenwerk Vorderpfalz, looking forward to the new task.
The President of the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences - Professor Dr. Peter Mudra - is also very positive about the new partnership: "The approval of the Franco-German Master's program in the summer and the funding recently made available for the wine campus as part of the target agreements for the period 2021-2026 have once again made it clear in recent weeks and months that the Neustadt wine campus is designed for stability and is constantly developing. The fact that we are now finally able to provide a canteen here for the students, teachers and staff on site is another visible sign of this. In addition, the cafeteria contributes a lot to the campus character of the Weincampus and to the well-being of everyone who studies and works here."
The first official opening day is October 15. At 8 a.m. sharp, the doors to the newly renovated refectory and cafeteria at the Weincampus will open. A variety of sandwiches, sweet treats, hot and cold drinks, and whatever else is needed for breakfast will be ready for guests. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.. For students, a lunch menu with soup, salad, main course and dessert costs 2.90 euros. Staff and guests, who are also welcome at the Mensa am Weincampus, eat for 5.20 euros. The doors to the refectory close at 2 p.m. every day.
The chefs of the Studierendenwerk cook according to a modern menu. Therefore, the menu always includes a vegetarian or vegan dish. No additives are used at all, and the focus when purchasing goods is on regionality and sustainability. All hot drinks, for example, are fair trade products, eggs come exclusively from free-range farming and the beef from the Odenwald region. "Sustainability is a top priority for us. In addition to our sustainable purchasing strategy, we serve all hot drinks in reusable cups from Recup. We already said goodbye to disposable cups at all locations last year," explains Dubiel.
"With the canteen at the Weincampus, we are opening our seventh canteen in the Southern Palatinate at our, with Neustadt, fifth location. We look forward to many satisfied guests," says the director of university catering.
Dr. Hoos, the director of the Rhine Palatinate Service Center (DLR), associates the partnership with an upgrade of his campus in Neustadt: "We are looking forward to working with the Studierendenwerk, which will provide for our physical well-being on campus in the future. We hope for a lively reception by the students of the wine campus, by the students*, the staff of the DLR and numerous guests."
