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     The following interview was conducted as a 
     
     follow up to a letter to the Editor which 
     
     appeared in January 15 edition of the Cadre 
     
     concerning the food in the U.P.E.I. Cafeteria 
     
    

    
     I talked with Mr. Peter Haldemann ,who runs the 
     
     catering service at the U.P.E.I. Cafeteria. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     'CADRE: Beaver, in brief, what was your re— 
     
     action to the article printed in the 
     
     Cadre concerning the cafeterla fOOd? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVER:F irst of all, I think that this stu— 
     
     dent should have complained to the 
     
     food committee or come to see me first. 
     
     Then, if he did not get any satisfaction 
     
     or explaination, he should have written’ 
     
     to the Cadre. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: Is there any truth what-so—ever to what 
     
     he or she says concerning dehydrated 
     
     potatoes, canned vegetables etc.? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVER:No, certainly not! we have no such a 
     
     thing as dehydrated potatoes and all 
     
     our vegetables are freshly frozen 
     
     when bought. Not canned. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: What about your meats? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVERzThe meats are like the vegetables: 
     
     freshly frozen when bought. We can't 
     
     take the chance of food-poisoning 
     
     here——or anywhere for that matter. If 
     
     we cook a roast, say on Tuesday, it 
     
     lasts no longer than Thursday. we don't 
     
     give it a chance to go bad. I'm re- 
     
     peating myself, I know, but the stu- 
     
    

    
     dent Who wishes to complain about the 
     
    

    
     food here will get better and faster 
     
     results if he sees his "food Comm— 
     
     ittee" representative on his flOOr. 
     
    

    
     We are trying as best we can to see 
     
    

    
     that the student gets what he wants. 
     
    

    
     But you can only do the best you can: 
     
    

    
     that's all. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: Do you perhaps feel that the equip- 
     
     ment. which is owned by the University 
     
     has any effect on the preparation of 
     
     the meals here? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVER:No, not really. It could be better I 
     
     suppose, but it does the job well en— 
     
     ough. You see, the university will be 
     
     building a new cafeteria in the near 
     
     future, so what's the use of spending 
     
     thousands of dollars on new equipment 
     
     now? 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: How do you think your food compares 
     
     with the foods in universities in 
     
     other cities, especially Halifax? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVER:I believe, from what I hear, that the 
     
     food has a good standing. Another point 
     
     which I would like to point out is that 
     
     we receive $1.97 per student per day to 
     
     cover the cost of food, labour etc. 7c 
     
     of this $1.97 goes to the company. If 
     
     at the end of the year we are over our 
     
     flat rate paid~by the University then 
     
     this money goes to the college.If we 
     
     are under it then the money must come 
     
     from our own pocketslTherefore we must 
     
    
   
   
    
     be careful. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: Do you feel that you and your staff 
     
     have adequate working facilities here? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVER:Its not bad youknow7fair1Its good.The 
     
     University does what it can for us. 
     
     They co-operate well with us and 
     
    
   
   
    
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     we get along well. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: Do you think that this persons opinion 
     
     is the opinion of many students or just 
     
     a few? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVER:I think he is just speaking for himself. 
     
     we have suggestions boxes around and 
     
    
   
   
    
     every two weeks or so we get a good 
     
     response from concerned students who 
     
     want changes in the Cafeteria.We try to 
     
     comply with the wishes of the student 
     
     within reason of courselwe do what we 
     
     can.There are many members of our staff 
     
     who get along well with the students 
     
     and they often recieve complaints and 
     
     suggestions from people.This is the way 
     
     it should be. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: Are the types of meals selected,decided 
     
     upon for any particular reason? 5 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVER:Well,we always have fish on Fridays.For 
     
     tradition more than anything else.We 
     
     also have Italian days on W'edensdayo 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: jhen you try to have as many different 
     
     kinds of meals in a week as there 
     
     different kinds of nationalities? 
     
    
   
   
    
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     BEAVER:Yes,thi is correct. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE: Does the University buy the foods which 
     
     are prepared or does the company7and 
     
     how are these foods rated with respect 
     
     to quality? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVERzThe company buys the food.we get get all 
     
     our meats fresh from Canada Packers and 
     
     Judson Packers‘at wholesale prices. All 
     
     the food is of a very good quality. 
     
     The vegetables are bought freshly fro— 
     
     zen from General Foods. 
     
     CADRE: Undoubtly you felt unjustly accused 
     
     'when the article in question was publi— 
     
     shed.Wbuld you rather talk to people 
     
     personally who are dissatisfied with the 
     
     meals before they write to the CADRE? 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘BEAVER:Well this is it,eh? If people come and 
     
    
   
   
    
     talk with me and dont get any satisf- 
     
     actory results then,they are justifi- 
     
    

    
     ed in writing to the paperIIf they 
     
    

    
     dont want to talk to me personally 
     
    

    
     then they should get in contact with the 
     
     president of their Food Committee. 
     
    
   
   
    
     y CADRE: What about the breakfasts here? I 
     
    
   
   
    
     understand that they are not to elabor— 
     
     ate,to say the least. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVEszell at the first of the year,the stud— 
     
     ents voted against having Bacon and 
     
     Eggs for breakfast because it would 
     
     mean a $20.00 increase in tuition per 
     
    
   
   
    
     student per year! Also since only about 
     
     100 people ever attend breakfast in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     morning- — well it just wouldn't be 
     
     fair. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .CADRE: Is there any closing comment which you 
     
     would like to make concerning the Cafe- 
     
     teria? 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEAVEszell,at our Christmas dinner we put 
     
     table—cloths,candle holders and lighted 
     
     candles on the table for a more sentim— 
     
     ental atmosphere,you know?But after the 
     
     meal there were only two or three candle