Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	69.58
Liaison	Derek Nichols
Submission Date	Dec. 14, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University at Buffalo
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.03 / 6.00	Jeff Brady Assistant Director of Dining Services Campus Dining & Shops

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This credit requires:

A completed STARS Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory,
An itemized inventory based on output from the Real Food Calculator, or
An alternative inventory that includes for each product:

Product vendor
Product label/brand
Product description
The category in which the product qualifies (Third Party Verified or Local & Community Based)
Information justifying inclusion: the standards met if the product is third party verified; ownership, size, distance, production methods for Local & Community Based products

Part 1

Third Party Verified and Community Based Products

Percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on products that are third party verified under one or more recognized food and beverage sustainability standards or Local & Community-Based:

0.48

Part 2

Animal Products

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on conventional animal products)? (If data is not available, respond “No”):

Yes

Percentage of total dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional animal products (meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, and dairy products that do NOT qualify in either the Third Party Verified or Local & Community-Based category):

30.50

Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory

Required if pursuing either part of the credit:

A brief description of the sustainable food and beverage purchasing program, including how the sustainability impacts of products in specific categories are addressed (e.g. meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, dairy, produce, tea/coffee):

The Pride of New York Program promotes and supports the sale of agricultural products grown and food products processed within New York State. By supporting this initiative, we support local farmers and food manufacturers. It’s a win-win partnership that sustains local business development. We know the importance of helping our community find and choose local products while building relationships with growers, food artisans, and food manufacturers right here in Western New York. To help students identify the products grown, produced and manufactured in New York our dining services has created the "Made In/Grown In New York" icon. We also have a maps of New York state in multiple locations and online which pinpoint the locations of the New York-based businesses who supply our kitchens.

An inventory of the institution’s sustainable food and beverage purchases that includes for each product: the description/type; label, brand or producer; and the category in which it is being counted and/or a description of its sustainability attribute(s):

STARS Food and Beverage Inventory FINAL.xlsx

A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):

The Department's Inventory Control Software is capable of discerning the identity of vendors and products that fall within the sustainability category.

If uploading output from the Real Food Calculator, provide:

Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food A (0-100):

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Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food B (0-100):

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Required if pursuing either part of the credit:

Which of the following food service providers are present on campus and included in the total food and beverage expenditure figures?:

	Present?	Included?
Dining operations and catering services operated by the institution	Yes	Yes
Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor	Yes	Yes
Student-run food/catering services	No	No
Franchises (e.g. national or global brands)	Yes	Yes
Convenience stores	Yes	Yes
Vending services	Yes	Yes
Concessions	Yes	Yes

Optional Fields

A brief description of purchased food and beverage products that have other sustainability attributes not recognized above :

Sustainability-related information is housed on this website: https://myubcard.com/sustain

Additional percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional products with other sustainability attributes not recognized above (0-100) :

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://myubcard.com/sustain

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Information furnished by Ray Kohl

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.