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Austin Peay completes food court expansion; dining sales reported up sharply
Summary
Vice President for Student Affairs reports new food court outlets at Austin Peay and preliminary data showing a large increase in dining engagement and sales.
Dr. Leonard Clemons, vice president for student affairs at Austin Peay State University, told the Student Affairs Committee that the university has completed a food court expansion on campus that adds Subway, Pei Wei and a Chick-fil-A described as the largest on campus in the Southeastern region.
Clemons said the expansion includes additional outlets in the Health Professions Building following a ribbon-cutting and that a Smoothie Shop has opened there. “They were on time,” Clemons said, adding early sales data show engagement with dining services has “ticked up. I think, sales have increased a little bit over 400% so far, just from beginning of the year.”
The report was presented as an information item and required no committee action. Trustee Rusty McInnis, chair of the committee, and other trustees asked no substantive follow-up questions during the presentation. The committee moved on to other informational items after Clemons concluded his report.
The committee did not provide detailed financial breakdowns for the expansion, and specific lease or contract terms for the vendors were not discussed in the meeting record.
