This study used a questionnaire to find the actual condition of school meal nutritionists(nutrition teachers)' buying foodstuff for school meals and their buying satisfaction at Kangwon-do. The SPSS 14.0 program was used for statistics, with the resul...
This study used a questionnaire to find the actual condition of school meal nutritionists(nutrition teachers)' buying foodstuff for school meals and their buying satisfaction at Kangwon-do. The SPSS 14.0 program was used for statistics, with the results as follows;
Many of responders aged more than the forties, 76% of them having a college degree or in the course of college. 88.5% of them worked for elementary schools, with 43.6% having worked for 11-15 years. 26.3% of schools have provided meals for 12 years, and many of schools have provided meals to less than 100-500 students. 41.0% of schools have had urban style meals while 59.0% have had rural style meals. Single cooking type has accounted for 88.5% of meals, with 1,000-1,500 won for foodstuff per meal.
A public notice for selecting a supplier has been more frequently used by urban group than rural group. Also, urban group has followed selection formalities better than rural group has done. Rural group has not followed such formalities because of unsuitable and difficult selection formalities. 81.3% of urban group have taken a visiting field inspection while 40.2% of rural group have not taken it.
Urban group has more recommended 'foodstuff standard guidebook' more than rural group has done principally using school meals practice handbook or guidebook for industrial products, marine products, and farm produce in order. The reason that such standard guidebook has not been used has been 'ambiguous standard'. Quality indication system has been most noted as improvement. Both urban and rural groups have not well-known food indication standard on farm produce, stock farm products, marine products and industrial products. However, rural group has better known HACCP certification for marine products than urban group has done.
Market survey, one of foodstuff cost determiners, has been one once a moth. 60.3% of responders have referred to some foodstuff cost after market survey, with no difference between two groups. For foodstuff contact, urban group has preferred 'competitive bids'(35.9%), while rural group has preferred 'private contract'(66.3%), showing a significant difference between two groups. For private contract, cost has been usually determined by the price a supplier proposed that day, with reasons of no competition among suppliers because of narrow market, following by concerns for giving up supply because of local condition.
50.0% of both groups have shown common satisfaction at inspection standard. In case of the mixture of domestic products and imports, the items difficult to be identified ranked stock farm products, marine products, and farm produce in order, with no difference between two groups. Inspection participants include nutritionists(nutrition teachers), cooks, and assistants, with no difference between two groups, and parents have participated in inspection 1-4 times per quarter. In terms of highly noted problem of inspection, urban group has indicated 'below quality'(71.9%), and rural group has showed 'other goods and the place of origin altered by suppliers at their pleasure' as well as 'below quality'(29.3%), showing a significant difference. Urban group has necessarily rejected the pointed-out items, compared to rural group, showing a significant difference between two groups. For rejecting items, urban group has no experience in difficulty rejecting disqualified items such as suppliers' complaint(50.0%), whereas rural group has often experienced such difficulty(61.5%), with a significant difference. The most difficulty has been the time required to be redelivered goods after rejection. Both groups have rejected 'vegetables' most frequently(70.5%), following by 'fruits'(15.6) for urban group and 'fishes'(12.0%) for rural group, with a significant difference. Of improvements for increased efficiency in inspection, inspection condition(place, illuminance, and lighting) has been commonly pointed out by rural group, not by urban group, showing a significant difference and indicating that the inspection condition of rural group is not good.
In terms of foodstuff purchase management satisfaction test which compares each four area(buying, foodstuff, supplier, and internal organization), urban group has satisfied at a supplier, 21.4point, while rural group has taken 19.2 point, showing a significant difference. However, urban group has taken 62.5 point for the total foodstuff purchase management satisfaction, while rural group has taken 58.8 point, showing a significant difference and indicating rural group has had a lower satisfaction than urban group has had.
In terms of four effective approaches and improvements of foodstuff purchase(regional co-purchase, building a foodstuff supply center(government), introducing a supplier certification system, and direct trade at a producing center), urban group has had higher average on regional co-purchase and direct trade at a producing center, while urban group has shown a higher average on building a foodstuff supply center and introducing a supplier certification system, with no significant difference between two groups.
A meal service administration guide must be planned in detail to be fit for different local areas and supplier selection formalities should be prepared accordingly. Additionally, foodstuff specification, the most fundamental data for buying, should be developed by item to be applied to the field in both urban and rural groups. An awareness of food indication standard should be increased by continuous training since both urban and rural groups have had a lower perception on it. An improvement in buying such as co-purchase and direct trade at a producing site should be needed for rural group, while urban group needs to introduce qualified foodstuff supplier certification system to make suppliers compete for quality, which leads to safe school meals.