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RILEY HODDER
Summer Managing News Editor
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The Michigan Daily compares and analyzes each dining hall on campus
The Michigan Daily compares and analyzes each dining hall on campus
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MHealthy
MHealthy is the University’s system of
identifying healthy options at dining halls for
those who are trying to be conscious about
what they are consuming. Every menu item is
either MHealthy or it’s not, so The Daily tal-
lied up the healthy items at each dining hall
to determine which one offered the highest
percentage of MHealthy options over the
surveyed period.
Here’s what they found:
Variety
Variety can be a hard thing to measure, but
The Daily attempted to do so by counting the
number of items served at each dining hall
during the surveyed time period and dividing
that amount by the number of days the dining
hall was open. This was all in hopes of finding
an average number of items per day at each
public dining hall, so freshmen can decide
which dining hall offers the most variety.
Here’s what they found:
Conclusion
For all incoming freshmen, take this information and
run with it. Use it to inform your decisions on where to
eat and what dining halls to steer clear of. You’re also
free to use this data in any arguments you have with
other freshmen over what dining hall is best, because
that, too, is a classic freshmen experience.
No matter how little or how much you enjoy the din-
ing halls, this information is important, because more
likely than not, they’re the only choice you have.
Summer Managing News Editor Riley Hodder can be
reached at rehodder@umich.edu.
The Top 10s
If you’re curious about what dishes the
dining halls most commonly serve, don’t
worry — The Daily has compiled a list of the
most commonly served items for breakfast/
brunch and lunch/dinner. Here are the Top
10s:
A core part of any college fresh-
man experience is the dining halls.
Whether you decide to avoid them
at all costs or visit them for break-
fast, lunch, and dinner, it’s helpful
to have a breakdown of which din-
ing halls do what things best. That
is exactly what The Michigan Daily
has set out to do.
The University of Michigan has
seven public dining halls, and nine
overall, which can be a lot for an
incoming freshman. The public
dining halls are in South Quad Resi-
dence Hall, Bursley Residence Hall,
East Quad Residence Hall, Mosher-
Jordan Residence Hall, North Quad
Residence Hall, Mary Markley Res-
idence Hall and at Twigs at Oxford
Residence Hall. The Daily has ana-
lyzed menu data from the MDining
API to help incoming freshmen pre-
pare for the challenge of deciding
where to eat. The data was collected
from Aug. 11, 2021, to April 29, 2022,
and The Daily has broken it down
for you here.
Vegetarian Options
Any incoming vegetarian freshmen will
likely want to know which dining hall offers
the most options for their dietary restric-
tions. To help these students and anyone else
searching for vegetarian dishes, The Daily
calculated the average number of vegetarian
options served per day at each dining hall.
If you’re a vegetarian, this breakdown is
for you: