This study conducted an empirical analysis of the effects of job characteristics on work-family conflict relation and quality of life, as well as moderating effects in accordance with operation type, by targeting 245 dietitian/cooks working for contract foodservice companies. The results of this study are as follows. First, the autonomy and feedback had negative (−) effects on work-family conflict while functional diversity had positive (+) effects on work-family conflict. Job identity and job importance had no relation with work-family conflict. Second, work-family conflict had negative (−) effects on job satisfaction, work-family relation, job support, general happiness, and job environment while having positive (+) effects on job stress. Third, in all paths except for the path with effects of work-family conflict on job stress, there were no differences between the group of shops operating 365 days and the group of shops operating 5 days a week. It would be helpful to the effective operation of human resources by emphasizing the necessity of differentiated management for companies with shops operating 365 days and shops operating 5 days a week, as well as managing employees’ job characteristic factors, work-family conflict, and even quality of life.

The aim of this study was to investigate status of safety accidents of school foodservice cooks in Daegu and to analyze the factors affecting the occurrence of the accidents in order to seek effective ways for preventing safety accidents in school foodservice. The survey showed that the most frequent safety accidents were ‘bruises’, followed by ‘burns’, ‘contact with harmful substances such as disinfectants’, ‘fall-off ’ and ‘sprains’. The mental fatigue perception of the respondents was generally lower than the physical fatigue perception. The means of the perception levels of work intensity, cooking environment of the foodservice place, and safety-related behaviors, and consciousness were 3.15, 2.99, and 4.06 out of 5 points, respectively. In addition, the annual average of the number of participating in the accident prevention training per person was 17.34 times, that is, the respondents received the training at least once a month on average. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to investigate the variables affecting the occurrence of safety accidents that happened to foodservice cooks. It revealed that the work intensity perception and the cooking environment perception influenced the frequency of safety accidents.

The purpose of this study is to identify the guideline’s contents for dietitians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) for the sustainability management at school foodservice. The contents for the guideline were determined by the Delphi technique of two rounds. The Delphi panels of experts were consisted of sixteen school dietitians and fourteen professors of food and nutrition with more than 10 years of experiences by convenience sampling method. Based on the literature, knowledge, attitudes, and practices required for dieticians were classified into menu management, procurement, food production, facility and energy management, waste management, personnel management, and nutrition education. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 24 and EXCEL to calculate descriptive statistics, content validity ratio, degree of agreement, and degree of convergence. As a result of the second round, the validity scores of ‘knows eco-friendly certification standards and labeling systems (4.53 point)’ in the knowledge category, and ‘tries to purchase local agricultural products (4.87 point)’ in the attitude category were the highest. From that round in the practice category, the validity scores of ‘plan menus for students' health’, ‘purchases eco-friendly food’, and ‘conserves energy in pre-processing and cooking process’ were the highest with 4.73 point. Applying the criteria for securing the validity of the contents, the contents of 25 knowledge items, 20 attitude items and 30 practice items were confirmed. The findings of the study can be used to develop the guideline for dietitians required for the sustainability management.

This study investigated the needs to improve the quality of foodservice management in community child centers (CCCs), in accordance to the area where the CCC was located. The people in charge of foodservice management of 466 community child centers undertook a web survey, between July to August 2016. Most centers used menus from the Headquarters of Community Child Center (50.0%) or Center for Children’s Foodservice Management (34.1%). Factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were conducted to assess the requirement for improving the quality of foodservice management at the CCCs. Four factors were analyzed: ‘food material and facility management’, ‘administration management’, ‘menu management’, and ‘human resources management’. In large cities, ‘administration management’ and ‘menu management’ were found to affect quality improvement. In small cities, none of the factors assessed were effective in improvement. ‘human resources management’ had a significant influence on improving the quality of the foodservice in rural areas. The results of this study show that there was a difference in the quality improvement of the foodservice management in the centers, with respect to the location of the center. Therefore, this study can be used as basic data to establish the support policy for improving the quality of foodservice management in community child centers.

This study investigated the current status and needs for nutrition education to help reduce children’s sugars intake at the Center for Children’s Foodservice Management (CCFM, n=115), and Child Care Facilities (CCF, n=646) through an online survey conducted from October 5th to 30th 2015. A total of 14.8% of CCFM respondents and 31.9% of CCF respondents provided nutrition education on sugars intake to young children as a main topic (p<0.001). A higher percentage (CCFM 47.8%: CCF 42.4%) delivered nutrition education on sugars intake to young children as a sub-component (p<0.001). Over 90% of the CCFM and CCF participants agreed on the necessity of providing nutrition education on sugars intake to children. The most common reasons given for delivering nutrition education on children’s sugar intake were “there are many more urgent nutrition education topics” for CCFM, and “insufficient nutrition education information and materials” for CCF. The percentage of nutrition education on children’s sugar intake provided to the children’s parents was low showing about 20% in the both groups. The percentage of CCFM participants providing nutrition, education on children’s sugar intake to the teachers in CCF was also low, showing about 14.8%; however, 68.0% of the CCF participants wanted to received teacher's education on guiding children’s sugar intake. Regarding ideas about a nutrition education program on children’s sugar intake for young children, most respondents in both groups answered “sugar intake and dental cavities or obesity” for appropriate education contents, “story telling or puppet show” for appropriate education methods, and “dietitian from CCFM and class teacher together” for appropriate educator. For appropriate education time, there was a significantl difference between the CCFM responses (average 2.7 times) and the CCF responses (average 4 times). Based on the above results, we found that implementing nutrition education on children's sugar intake at the CCFM and CCF, was low; however, awareness of the need for nutrition education on children’s sugar intake and the program development and supply was very high. Also, the opinions of CCFM and CCF participants about a nutrition education program on children’s sugar intake for young children can provide foundation data to develop and implement the CCFM-based nutrition education program.

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the hygienic status of 53 high school foodservice systems in Gyeonggi province by using hygiene management guide checklist, ATP bioluminescence assay of food utensils were conducted during process. The 5 hygiene management guide checklist groups about personal hygiene, cooking facilities control, cross contamination control, cook and storage control, management control were checked by experts and had good grades but there were some inadequate behaviors on observation. Total cleaning levels were inadequate, including hand, rubber gloves, aprons, knives, food tray, machine and instruments. The possibility of cross contamination is also noted in handles for refrigerators, ovens, food dryers, hand washing. It was also noted that there were too much work on the nutritionist and cook, additional personnel need to be added. lack of space, deterioration of facilities were identified in some high school foodservice systems. ATP bioluminescence assay was conducted on surface of food facilities, ATP ranged 1,393±5,041.2 RLU on yellow gloves, 244±258.7 RLU on pink gloves, 3,780±11,418.6 RLU on apron, 49,056±62,831.4 RLU on refrigerator grip, 41,422±61,259.8 RLU in oven, 31,407±41,344.9 RLU on hand cleaning board.

The purpose of this study was to investigate perception of the Food Allergy Labeling System (FALS) of school foodservice in female middle school students. The subjects were 148 female middle school students in the Incheon metropolitan area. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Only 20.9% of subjects had experience of food allergy education. There was no significant difference in food allergy knowledge by grade. The scores of perception of food allergy labeling by school foodservice were significantly higher in lower grade students (p<0.001). In all grades, highest scores were observed for ‘food allergy labeling is necessary’, whereas the lowest scores were for ‘I check the food allergy labeling’. The percentages of subjects who wanted to participate in food allergy education were significantly different (p<0.01); 73.8% in 1st grade, 50.0% in 2nd grade, and 35.7% in 3rd grade. For desired education contents to enhance perception of FALS, 57.5% of subjects answered ‘emergency management’ and 23.0% said ‘information of food allergy causing food’. Therefore, it is necessary to increase food allergy education and educate female middle school students according to grade in order to enhance perception of FALS.

The purpose of this study was to investigate eating habits and dormitory foodservices’ satisfaction in university students using dormitory foodservice in the Jeollabuk-do Iksan area. Self-administered questionnaires were completed by 195 students (86 male, 109 female). Many students (58.5%) ate less than two meals per day and spent around 30 min eating meals. The results show that snack and midnight meals were the main reasons (37.9%) for unhealthy eating habits. Main source of nutritional knowledge and information were TV and the Internet (58.5%), followed by friends and people (25.1%), nutrition books (10.3%), elective courses (4.6%), and newspapers and magazines (1.5%). Men had significantly higher satisfaction scores for nutrition, taste, diversity of menu, as well as hygiene of dormitory food court compared to women (p<0.05). Salty taste was the most important factor in evaluation of taste satisfaction, whereas sour taste was opposite. The reason for taste dissatisfaction in the dormitory food court was not salty enough, and it may be related with their eating habits. The results show that students need education for adequate knowledge and information about the relationship between health and nutrition.

본 연구는 지역별, 학교별, 계절별 고등학교 급식 식단의 미생물학적 안전성 관련 주요 영향 인자를 도출하고자 식단 데이터를 수집하고 요인을 분석하여 향후 안전관리 방향을 설정하기 위해 실시하였다. 급식식단 중 PHF(Potentially Hazardous Food) 해당여부, 사용빈도가 높은 엽경채류, 식단 조리방법에 관하여 빈도 분석과 다중대응분석(Multiple correspondence analysis, MCA)을 실시하였다. 중부지역과 남부지역의 각각 3개 고 교, 총 6개 고등학교의 3, 6, 9, 12월 제공된 총 1,945개 식단의 빈도분석 결과, PHF에 해당하는 식단은 데친 나 물류, 샐러드, 해조류, 닭튀김 등이 사용빈도가 높았다. 조리방법은 가열 여부에 따라 단순 가열, 단순 비가열, 혼합 여부에 따라 가열한 식재료와 가열한 식재료의 혼합, 비가열한 식재료와 비가열한 식재료의 혼합, 가열한 식재료와 비가열한 식재료의 혼합으로 구분하였는데, PHF 제품 내 단순 비가열과 가열한 식재료와 비가열한 식재료의 혼합과 같은 메뉴 유형도 33.1% 수준으로 나타났다. 사용빈도가 높은 엽경채류는 시금치, 부추, 상추, 양배추, 깻잎, 양상추, 치커리, 파, 브로콜리 순서로 나타났다. 전체 식단 중 사용빈도가 높은 엽경채류 14종 370개의 데 이터에 대한 MCA 결과 PHF에 해당하는 엽경채류에는 양상추, 청경채가, Non-PHF에 해당하는 엽경채류에는 브로콜리, 양배추, 치커리, 깻잎이 주로 사용되었다. 지역별로는 중부지역에서는 마늘쫑과 시금치가, 남부지역에는 미나리 사용빈도가 상대적으로 높았다. 향후 단체급식에서 농산물의 미생물학적 안전성을 높일수 있도록 생산단계에서 오염원 차단(GAP 인증), 저감 및 세척 공정 개발, 식재료별 조리방법에 따른 메뉴 데이터 베이스화, 미생물학적 안전성이 확보되는 조리방법을 활용한 식단 개발 및 검증이 필요하다.

본 연구는 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원들의 동료관계가 생활의 질에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위해 상급종합병원에 근무하는 영양사, 조리사, 조리원들을 대상으로 동료관계와 생활의 질에 대한 조사를 실시하였으며 본 연구 결과의 주 요 내용은 다음과 같다. 선행연구를 기반으로 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원의 생 활의 질 33개 문항을 요인분석 실시하여 위탁급식운영 병원 급식종사원들의 생활의 질은 직원몰입, 직무조절, 직무환경, 가정-일 관계, 직원 및 경력만족으로 총 5개 요인으로 구분 되었다. 선행연구에서 제시된 7개 요인으로 제시되었으나 직 원몰입(Employee engagement)과 직무조절(Control at work) 의 문항이 같은 성분으로 구분되었으며, 직무환경(Working condition)과 직업 및 경력만족(Job and Career satisfaction) 이 같은 성분으로 구분되었다. 병원위탁급식 종사원들의 동 료관계에 관한 요인분석을 실시한 결과 전체 9문항 중 협력 적인 동료관계와 경쟁적인 동료관계로 분류되었다. 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원들의 동료관계가 생활의 질 에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과, 협력적 동료관계가 직원몰입 에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고 동료관계가 직무스트레 스에 미치는 영향에 있어서는 협력적인 동료관계가 직무스 트레스에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 동료관계가 가정-일 관계에는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났고 협력적인 동 료관계가 직무환경에는 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났는데 협 력적인 동료관계를 통해 생성된 심리적 안전감이 직무환경 에도 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다. 동료관계가 일반적 행복에 미치는 영향에 있어서는 협력적인 동료관계 가 일반적 행복에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원의 직군별(영양사, 조리사, 조리원)로 동료관계가 생활의 질에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결본 연구는 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원들의 동료관계가 생활의 질에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위해 상급종합병원에 근무하는 영양사, 조리사, 조리원들을 대상으로 동료관계와 생활의 질에 대한 조사를 실시하였으며 본 연구 결과의 주 요 내용은 다음과 같다. 선행연구를 기반으로 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원의 생 활의 질 33개 문항을 요인분석 실시하여 위탁급식운영 병원 급식종사원들의 생활의 질은 직원몰입, 직무조절, 직무환경, 가정-일 관계, 직원 및 경력만족으로 총 5개 요인으로 구분 되었다. 선행연구에서 제시된 7개 요인으로 제시되었으나 직 원몰입(Employee engagement)과 직무조절(Control at work) 의 문항이 같은 성분으로 구분되었으며, 직무환경(Working condition)과 직업 및 경력만족(Job and Career satisfaction) 이 같은 성분으로 구분되었다. 병원위탁급식 종사원들의 동 료관계에 관한 요인분석을 실시한 결과 전체 9문항 중 협력 적인 동료관계와 경쟁적인 동료관계로 분류되었다. 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원들의 동료관계가 생활의 질 에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과, 협력적 동료관계가 직원몰입 에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고 동료관계가 직무스트레 스에 미치는 영향에 있어서는 협력적인 동료관계가 직무스 트레스에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 동료관계가 가정-일 관계에는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났고 협력적인 동 료관계가 직무환경에는 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났는데 협 력적인 동료관계를 통해 생성된 심리적 안전감이 직무환경 에도 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다. 동료관계가 일반적 행복에 미치는 영향에 있어서는 협력적인 동료관계 가 일반적 행복에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 위탁급식운영 병원급식 종사원의 직군별(영양사, 조리사, 조리원)로 동료관계가 생활의 질에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결

오늘날 외식 산업 뿐만 아니라 많은 기업들은 치열한 경 쟁 속에서 생존하기 위해 시장에 대한 환경 분석 및 고객의 요구 파악의 중요성을 인식하고 있으며 특히 인적 상호작용 이 많은 외식업의 경우 지속적으로 고객의 요구를 파악하는 데 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 간편식 으로 다양한 소비자들이게 소비되고 있는 만두 전문점 이용 고객을 대상으로 유무형 상품 속성의 중요도와 성취도를 조 사하고, IPA (Importance-Performance Analysis)분석을 실시 하였다. 자료 수집은 2013년 6월 3일부터 2013년 7월 2일까 지 30일간 수도권에 거주하는 성인 남녀를 대상으로 실시하 였고 총 540부 중 500부(92.6%)를 유효 표본으로 분석하였 으며, 자료 분석은 SPSS 18.0 통계 패키지를 사용하였다. 본 연구의 결과 유형적 상품인 메뉴는 감각적 요인, 건강 요인, 위생 요인, 외적 요인 4가지로 요인이 추출되었고. 무 형적 상품인 서비스의 속성은 응대 요인, 촉진 요인, 포장 요인, 시각적 요인, 공간적 요인 5가지로 요인이 추출되었다. 메뉴 및 서비스의 속성의 요인분석 결과 모두 선행 연구와 유사하였고 메뉴와 서비스 속성은 메뉴의 종류 및 운영형태 에 따라 차이가 있는 것이 아닌 일반적인 상품 속성으로 요 인화 됨을 알 수 있었다. 유무형 상품의 속성에 대한 중요도와 성취도의 차이를 대 응표본 t-검정으로 살펴본 결과 메뉴의 중요도 평균은 5.21, 성취도 평균은 4.89이며, 21가지 품질 항목 중 5개를 제외한 항목에서 중요도와 성취도 간에 유의적인 차이(p<0.01)가 있 었다. 무형적 상품인 서비스의 중요도 평균은 5.22, 성취도 평균은 4.77로 30개 항목 중 1개 항목을 제외하고 중요도, 성취도간에 유의적인 차이가 있었다(p<0.01). 유무형 상품의 중요도와 성취도를 분석한 결과 메뉴의 감 각적 요인, 위생 요인은 (1) 사분면(유지)에 포함되었고, 건 강 요인은 (3) 사분면(저순위), 외적 요인은 (2) 사분면(과잉), (3) 사분면(저순위)에 위치해 있었다. 메뉴 속성별 중요도-성 취도 차이 정도를 살펴본 결과 현재 I.사분면(유지)에 위치해 있는 많은 속성들의 중요도와 성취도 간에 유의적인 차이가 있는 것으로 조사되었으므로 현재 메뉴의 속성이 (1) 사분면 (유지)에 속했다 할지라도 단순 유지가 아닌 개선이 함께 진 행되어야 하겠다. 무형적 상품인 서비스의 경우 응대 요인과 시각적 요인은 대부분 (1) 사분면(유지)에 포함되었으며, 촉 진요인은 모두 (2) 사분면(저순위), 포장요인과 공간적 요인 은 다양하게 배치되었다. 다만 종업원들의 친절도, 매장 내 섭취, 대기 장소 품질 항목은 (4) 사분면(집중)에 위치한 만 큼 신속한 문제 해결이 추진되어야 하겠다. 메뉴의 IPA 분석 결과와 같이 서비스도 현재 (1) 사분면(유지)에 위치된 많은 속성들이 중요도, 성취도간의 차이 크므로 현재 수준의 유지 가 아닌 개선이 함께 진행되어야 한다. 본 연구를 통해 고객들이 인지하는 유무형 외식 상품의 속 성을 IPA로 분석하여, 현재 상태를 파악하고 최우선적으로 개선해야 하는 상품 속성과 과잉으로 투자되는 속성을 시각 적으로 간편하게 파악할 수 있었다. 또한 단순히 IPA 좌표에 나타난 속성만을 분석하지 않고 속성별 중요도 성취도 간의 차이 정도를 함께 고려하여 종합적인 개선 방안을 제시하였 기에 한정된 인적, 물적 자원을 효율적으로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 무엇보다 기존의 연구들과 달리 유무형 상 품을 동시에 분석하였기 때문에 향후 외식업에서 실질적인 상품개발을 위한 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 다만 본 연구에서는 외식 만두 전문점 이용 고객들을 대상 으로 한정적인 연구를 수행되었기에 동일한 아이템을 주력 상품으로 판매한다 하더라도 업체별 운영방식이 상이하고, 주요 고객 및 입지가 상이하여 고객들의 요구는 다를 수 있 다는 점이 연구 결과에 반영되지 못했다. 그러므로 향후 다 양한 타입별(프랜차이즈, 일반매장 등) 추가 조사가 필요하 며, 이러한 지속적인 연구를 현장에 적용한다면 경쟁력 있는 상품 개발과 매출 향상을 기대할 수 있겠다.

본 연구는 학교급식위생에 중요한 역할을 하는 조리종사자의 위생관리수행도에 도움이 될 수 있는 기초위생자료 제공을 위해 급식소의 일반사항, 위생교육에 대한 조리종사자의 태도, 그리고 위생관리수행수준의 관계를 규명하였다. 경남지역에 소재하고 있는 초ㆍ중ㆍ고등학교급식소 23곳의 조리종사자 185명을 대상으로 데이터를 수집하고 분석한 결과, 급식운영형태에서는 직영보다 위탁이 위생관리 수행수준이 더 높게 나타났으며, 하루제공 끼니수 에서는 1식이 2식, 3식을 하는 집단보다 위생관리 수행수준이 더 높은 것을 알 수 있었다. 조리종사자의 위생교육 태도에 따른 위생관리 수행수준 차이를 살펴본 결과,위생교육에 대한 태도가 좋을수록 위생관리 수행도가 높아짐을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과로부터 급식소의 일반사항과 학교 조리종사자의 위생교육에 대한 태도는 위생관리 수행수준을 결정하는 중요한 요인임이 밝혀졌다.

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the hygienic status of 33 high school foodservice systems in Yongin city by using hygiene management guide checklist, ATP bioluminescence assay and microbe inspection petrifilm (APC, coliform group, Staphylococcus aureus) of food utensils during use. The 22 hygiene management guide checklist items about facilities, personal hygiene, food control, distribution, washing and disinfection had good grade but there were some inadequate behaviors on observation. The inspection results showed their sanitary condition met the level B of the recommendation of Korea method, it means sanitary management system get settled but more practical CCP system was needed. ATP bioluminescence assay was conducted on surface of food facilities, ATP ranged 425~2,552 RLU on gloves, 541~70,251 RLU on apron, 1,596~88,490 RLU on working desk, 1,177~263,813 RLU on sterilizer grip, 715~32,814 RLU on sterilizer shelf, 114~619,725 RLU on refrigerator grip, 677~319,007 RLU on refrigerator shelf, 71~196,725 RLU on freezer grip, 1,535~233,375 RLU on freezer shelf. APC ranged 66.7±29.0 CFU on freezer grip, 102.1±35.9 CFU on refrigerator grip, 45.4±28.2 CFU on heating cabinet grip, 58.8±40.4 CFU on sterilizer grip, the number of coliform group ranged 5.6±4.9 CFU on freezer grip, 9.1±8.7 CFU on refrigerator grip, 1.2±1.1 CFU on heating cabinet grip, 4.5±4.4 CFU on sterilizer grip. S. aureus ranged 8.0±5.6, CFU on freezer grip, 12.2±9.6 CFU on refrigerator grip, 2.1±1.6 CFU on heating cabinet grip, 11.6±6.4 CFU on sterilizer grip.

The goal of the current study was to analyze major factors for improvement of quality of life in contract foodservice customers. This study investigated how characteristics of customers, foodservice management, and competitors differ in different contract foodservice business environments in order to understand increasing concerns over health, in-house working, and the environment, which are directly connected to work and life satisfaction and company profits. For the foodservice business environment, this study classified environmental factors reported by Duncan (1972) into three factors: customer environment, foodservice management environment, and competitor environment. Multi-regression analysis was conducted on quality of life using the Korean version of the WHO Quality of Life Scale Abbreviated Version (WHOQOLBREF). Sub-factors of the contract foodservice business environment included foodservice management environment, customer environment, and competitor environment in the order of importance. The results indicate that the foodservice management environment of the company or organization where the customer is employed has the most substantial influence on quality of customer life.

The objective of the current study was to analyze the major factors affecting quality of life improvement for contract foodservice customers by identifying the contract foodservice environment consisting of the customer, foodservice management, and competitor. Qualitative research method was performed on foodservice customers and foodservice management using in-depth interviews. First, the customer environment was classified into three categories, including convenience of location, foodservice management environment into six categories, including comfort level of dining facility, and competitor environment into three categories, including service competition between foodservice providers. Second, quality of life was defined as the level of contentment felt by both the customer and foodservice management consuming the food provided. Third, both the customer and foodservice management perceived that the management environment of contract foodservice had a “medium” effect on quality of customer life. The findings of this study could be applicable for development of a contract foodservice business strategy through objective comparative analysis of the customer, foodservice management, and competitor environments.

This study was targeted on the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese parents of preschoolers to investigate the importance and satisfaction of foodservice quality and the importance and performance of foodservice management of the preschool foodservice establishments. The present study conducted a survey on 390 randomly chosen parents of preschoolers (130 Korean, 130 Chinese, and 130 Japanese). Respondents' importance-satisfaction of foodservice quality characteristics and their importance-performance of foodservice management were measured. In order to test for differences between the groups, paired t-test, one way ANOVA, and IPA (Importance-Performance Analysis) were performed. The results were as follows. The importance of foodservice quality was significantly higher than the satisfaction on all items, according to the parents of Korea, China, and Japan. The importance of foodservice quality was higher in Korean parents than in Chinese and Japanese parents. According to ISA results with foodservice quality characteristics, the characteristics with relatively low satisfaction but high importance (II quadrant) was 'Diversity of menu' in both Korean and Chinese parents, and 'Sanitation of tables and chairs' in both Korean and Japanese parents. The importance of foodservice management was significantly higher than performance on all items in Korean, Chinese and Japanese parents. The performance of foodservice management was higher in Chinese than in Japanese and Korean parents. According to IPA results with foodservice management, the management with relatively low performance but high importance (II quadrant) was 'Preparation' in Korean parents, and 'Facility and equipment' in Japanese parents. Therefore, the items with relatively low satisfaction (performance) and high importance should be well-managed.

The purposes of this study was to identify the level of satisfaction with the food quality in a company cafeteria located in Daejon. 400 people were given questionnaires, of which 341 questionnaires were returned for analysis (90.25% response rate). Our results show, 85.63% of customers eat at the cafeteria more than 3~4 times per week. 48.68% of people surveyed chose their meal based on the proximity when they enter the cafeteria. 39.59% said the most important factor for eating at the cafeteria was taste. 33.72% said it was quality. The type of food that was leftover the most was ‘Guk’ (soup). 52.20% said ‘Guk’ was leftover due to the awful taste. Food quality (34.60%) and taste (34.02%) required the most improvement according to those surveyed. Additionally, we divided food quality into 3 factors: ‘sanitation & service’, ‘food’, and ‘menu composition’. People who marked down ‘no other place to eat’ was the reason they ate at the cafeteria also had the lowest satisfaction scores across all items (p<0.001). Improving the ‘Guk’ and ‘meat’ was rated as the most important criteria to improve satisfaction with leftover food. Unsurprisingly, the ‘taste’ of leftover food had the lowest satisfaction scores. Those who had the lowest quality satisfaction scores also wanted to improve ‘taste’, ‘quality’ and ‘sanitation’ the most (p<0.001). Based on these findings, the foodservice manager can increase the overall satisfaction with the cafeteria food by focusing on improving the taste, quality and sanitation of the food that it serves.