Too Few Cooks in the Kitchen
Boise State has been a virtual ghost town since the students left. In fact, there isn’t a single source on campus from which to obtain food or drink, and there won’t be until January 4.
At the coffee shop in our modern new, Interactive Learning Center, I was able to grab a gas station style sandwich they had sourced from the cafeteria, which as noted is now closed.
I was intrigued, and encouraged by the label on my sandwich: “Fresh and Local.” Wow! That’s kinda cool! Someone around here is making sandwiches, shrink wrapping them, and selling them to Boise State. Great! If only it were true:
My “fresh” and “local” sandwich as it turns out was trucked in from Spokane, making it neither fresh nor local. This buying of the most basic of foods, the sandwich, from some unfamiliar soul in Spokane seems odd to me. Is there some reason our own culinary school can’t make a business opportunity out of this? Don’t we have a business school here that could help them with a business plan? What about Life’s Kitchen? Certainly they could use the money. But really - all you caterers and restaurants out there looking for business - you might pick up the phone and see if you can make an opportunity for yourself. I know I for one would much rather be eating fresh and local.
Economic Development | admin December 22, 2009
