Food Service Alternatives for Meals Away from the Dining Facility

Abstract

This report recommends food service alternatives for feeding Air force personnel meals away from the dining facility. The studies focused primarily on the food service requirements of missile maintenance and aircraft maintenance groups as well as security police. The personnel group's duty characteristics and current means of obtaining food service were used to determine alternative means of obtaining meals while on duty. Factors affecting the suitability of alternate food services for personnel groups are group size and group mobility. Two food service concepts are recommended for the personnel groups surveyed. One concept recommends the establishment of a fixed facility at the duty location of the personnel group it is servicing. Two specific food service operations, the satellite dining facility and modular unit are recommended and detailed in the report as meeting the requirements of his concepts. The second concept recommends the establishment of a facility to satisfy the food service needs of multitype groups. A central deli operation is specifically recommended to fulfill the second concept. Each of the food service operations is detailed in terms of menus, concept of operation, facility layout and food service equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145827

Entities

People

  • Jane B. Ahern

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Birds
  • Dining Halls
  • Food Preparation
  • Food Service Personnel
  • Fruit Juices
  • Grand Forks
  • Ground Support
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Meals
  • Microwave Ovens
  • Packaging
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Vegetables

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space