FAQ

With this change, we are primarily responding to the frequent criti­cism that the current catering system with its fixed menus and prices is too rigid. In future, we want to give you the oppor­tunity to put together your lunch flex­ibly in terms of quantity and choice, depending on your appetite. This will give you more combin­a­tion options and more variety. The new catering system is more trans­parent, fairer and more flex­ible. To make this possible, the price system must of course also be adapted.

With the new catering system, there will no longer be fixed menus at a fixed price (stew with bread roll and dessert for 2 euros, vegetarian/vegan dish with two side dishes for 3.50 euros, fish/meat dish for 4.00 euros), but “Meal 1” (veget­arian or vegan main component) or “Meal 2” (meat or fish main component) can be combined indi­vidu­ally and flex­ibly with the desired number of side dishes. You can also omit the side dishes completely or just have side dishes. The price is calcu­lated indi­vidu­ally, depending on how you have put together your meal.

Sales price dependent on purchase price: The basic prin­ciple of the new system is that all sales prices are set on the basis of their actual purchase price.

Three price categories for both meal 1+2 and side dishes: Depending on the purchase price, both “meal 1+2” (vegetarian/vegan and fish/meat main component) and the side dishes (filling side dish, veget­ables, salad, dessert) are divided into three price categories.

Prices for students:

Meal 1 (vegan or veget­arian): 2.30 euros, 2.90 euros or 3.50 euros

meal 2 (fish or meat): 2.30 euros, 2.90 euros or 3.50 euros

Side dishes: 0.60 euros, 1.00 euros or 1.20 euros

Stew without bread rolls and without dessert: 1.50 euros, meat inlay/sausage with stew 1.60 euros, bread rolls 0.40 euros

Sales price dependent on purchase price: The basic prin­ciple of the new system is that all sales prices are set on the basis of their actual purchase price.

Three price categories for both meal 1+2 and side dishes: Depending on the purchase price, both “meal 1+2” (vegetarian/vegan and fish/meat main component) and the side dishes (filling side dish, veget­ables, salad, dessert) are divided into three price categories.

Prices for employees:

Meal 1 (vegan or veget­arian): 3.90 euros, 4.40 euros or 5.40 euros

meal 2 (fish or meat): 3.90 euros, 4.40 euros or 5.40 euros

Side dishes: 1.10 euros, 1.70 euros or 2.30 euros

Stew without bread rolls and without dessert: 5.00 euros, meat inlay/sausage with stew 2.40 euros, bread rolls 0.50 euros

Trans­par­ency and price fair­ness: The purchase costs of the indi­vidual ingredi­ents determine the sales price in the canteen through a “cause-related cost distri­bu­tion”. The more expensive the compon­ents of the dish are purchased, the more the dish costs in the canteen. Overall, the prices are more flex­ible, but thanks to the caps there is still finan­cial plan­ning security.

Creative scope in the menu: More varied, fresher, more regional, more organic quality: the new cost prin­ciple gives us greater freedom in the further devel­op­ment of our menus.

More flex­ib­ility for you in the compos­i­tion of the meals: With the new catering system, an indi­vidual choice of side dish will once again be possible for meat/fish dishes in future. If you are not very hungry, you can simply omit side dishes or only eat side dishes. The stew without side dishes will then only cost 1.50 euros for students, for example.

The new catering system will apply in all Stud­i­er­enden­werk canteens from 8 April 2024.

If you have any ques­tions about the new catering system, our colleagues from the catering depart­ment will be happy to help:

Elmar Köninger, Head of the Catering Depart­ment: koeninger@studierendenwerk.uni-siegen.de

Sebastian Deuster, repres­ent­ative of the head of depart­ment: deuster@studierendenwerk.uni-siegen.de