University canteen

A university canteen (more familiarly called restaurant U or RU ) is a place of collective Restauration intended for the student S. the university canteens aim to serve a complete meal made up of an entry, a hot dish and a dessert at moderate price.

A university canteen is generally organized in the form of Cafétéria, with a system of Self-service which makes it possible each student to choose the dishes which will compose its menu by depositing them on a plate. At the end of the meal, the student must also ensure the service road by depositing his plate the entry of the service of plunges. This organization makes it possible to save the personnel costs, while avoiding having to ensure a set of table linen.

In France

In France, the university canteens, managed by the Regional center of university and school works, propose meals at the price of 2,80 € (tariff for the year 2007-2008). The real costs of a meal rise with 4,64 € and the difference is subsidized by the State, however the contribution of the State, which was in the beginning equal to that of the student, has followed a relative fall for several years. The cost of the meal refers then more and more on the student. The payment is carried out by ticket, directly with the case or more recently by magnetic card or smart card according to the academies.

Trend of the price

The price of a ticket U corresponds about to the price of a Sandwich in brewery. the years are school years. Example: 2005 corresponds to the September 2005 duration - September 2006

Internal organization

The university canteens have at their head a director and an assistant according to the size of the managed restaurants, also called DUG (Directing of Unit of management) or manager. If the administration and management staff is resulting from the Public office of state, the uses of case, of person in charge of the provisioning, of plunges and of kitchen are ensured by " Personal workmen " (which is nontitular agents of public law) with at their head a Chief cook. Student frees-lance, to the contracts of unequal duration (often three months) come to reinforce the teams during the peaks of activity.

The restaurants are composed of an office of administration, an office sale of the Tickets of restaurant U, of one or several kitchens, several counters and cases.

Several CROUS removed the use of the ticket of restaurant U to the profit of the door plastic money Moneo which with the advantage of being able to be integrated into the charts of the universities proposing of the services complementary to students (access to the library, access to the photocopiers, access to the sports halls, computer rooms, etc).

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