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Holly Pointe Starbucks is Offered Through Tapingo App (finally)

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Happy hump day!  If you are looking for a good meal and coffee as early finals studying fuel, Starbucks is finally offered on the Tapingo app.  This is super exciting news for all of us Starbucks lovers out there. (Why couldn’t they have done this at the beginning of the semester?)  It’s even better for the broke college student, like me, since the Starbucks takes any meal plan as payment. This week on Profs Plate, we will be reviewing the food and service at the Holly Pointe Starbucks.

The app offers both the regular menu for anyone and the meal exchange menu for students that have a meal plan.  The meal exchange menu at Starbucks includes a bagel with cream cheese, egg & bagel sandwich, egg & cheese bagel sandwich, turkey sausage, egg, & cheese bagel sandwich, sausage, egg, & cheese bagel sandwich, and a bacon, egg, & cheese bagel sandwich.  The meal exchange menu offers many options. The meal also comes with a hash brown and drink. Drinks include water, small iced or hot coffee, and small hot tea. The regular menu has the same classics as any Starbucks including Bagels & Sweets, Cold Beverages, Hot Beverages, and Frappuccinos.

Today, I headed over to Holly Pointe to try it out.  I decided to order my food before heading over to the library.  I personally enjoyed the turkey sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich.  Compared to the other vendors on the Tapingo app, the food looked real and didn’t make me feel sick.  However, the wait for my order wasn’t enjoyable. While you can order the food in advance, it doesn’t give you an accurate wait time.  It told me that there was 5 orders ahead of me and that my order would be done in about 5 minutes. Instead, I ended up waiting for 20 minutes when there was only a few orders before mine.  I was annoyed with the long wait but there was only two employees working behind the register. Now that Holly Pointe offers Starbucks on the app, I think they need to have a few more workers to accommodate for the to-go orders and the customers in line.  Even though I will be back to order food from the Holly Pointe Starbucks, I would not suggest to do it when you’re in a rush.

Meal exchange comes with drink, hash brown, and bagel sandwich

We also received some thoughts from a current student at Rowan University.  Kate, a freshman Law and Justice major, had some positive opinions about the Holly Pointe Starbucks.  She said, “The service is a little slow and takes awhile to get but overall it’s convenient for me because I live in Holly Pointe.  I like how it comes with a good amount of food. The sausage, egg, and cheese on a bagel is so good, and it comes with a hash brown, a small coffee or water.  It’s definitely worth the meal swipe!”

Should the Barnes and Noble Starbucks hop on board with serving food and drinks on the Tapingo App?  Here on Profs Plate we are driven by your input and feedback. Talk to us through our Blog, Instagram, or Facebook!

Calling Popular Food Chains as Meal Options

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Welcome back from spring break everyone!  Hope everyone had an enjoyable break away from school.  From visiting other friends college campuses, I began to notice the popular food chains their school offered as meal options: Chick-fil-a, Jamba Juice, etc.  This made me wonder why Rowan University doesn’t bring some of these successful food chains onto campus? That’s why this week’s topic will be on the reasons Rowan’s Gourmet Dining should bring popular food chains onto campus as a Tapingo option.  

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The taste, variety, and accessibility of food are key factors that play into a college student’s decision for the next meal purchased on campus.

Taste is always an important factor when deciding what to eat.  Taste is the reason why eating is an enjoyable experience. One of the reasons that these food chains are popular is due to the tasty food and beverages that are made.  Students want food that has a fresh quality and taste which can be provided through these food chains that take pride on the food they serve their customers.

A variety of food options on a college campus is not only appealing to current students but prospective students as well.  Hearing that a school has a variety of food options, such as a Panera Bread, could be an additional factor of interest in a university.  Everyone has different tastes when it comes to food. A university

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should be able to cater to the student’s need especially when it comes to food options.

While the closest Dunkin’ and Chick-fil-a are a short drive away, it would be more accessible if offered on Rowan’s main campus.  Freshman are required to have meal plans when living on campus their first year and can’t have a car living on campus (unless they provide the university a valid reason).  This limits new students on what kind of meals that are available to them. In addition, not all college students own a car. This means if you want to go eat at these places you either find a ride or you walk there.  While it’s great that these food chains are close to our school, it would be better if Rowan would bring them onto campus so that it is available for all its students.

Not only would recognizable food chains be a benefit to Rowan students, it would also be a benefit for the university and partnered companies.  If reliable food chains were offered on campus, upperclassman might be more inclined to purchase a meal plan. This results in more money going to campus dining and the university.  I know some friends of mine that have cancelled their meal plans halfway through the semester. They cancelled their meal plans entirely because of being dissatisfied with the food options on campus.  Additionally, popular food chains on campus would draw students to eating at these places. This is because students are loyal customers of these places and already love their food and beverages.

What food chains would you like to see as option at Rowan University?  Let us know in the comment box below.