Students at STLCC can now use Chowit to place food orders
BY: RYAN WINZEN
News Editor
When dining at the Meramec cafeteria, students can now order and pay for food and beverages at a cash register, through a self-serve kiosk, or by using the Chowit app.
Chowit is a mobile app created by American Food and Vending Corp that is used to place orders in markets owned by American Food and Vending or American Dining Creations.
The college has partnered with American Dining Creations as its new food provider since the end of the pandemic.
Students can download Chowit on their phone or through a computer. In order to use the app, users will have to create an account and use the Meramec access code, which can conveniently be found on posters and signs in the cafeteria.
The app allows students to order and pay for food, so they can pick it up when they are available. Students can enter credit card information or add money to their balance in order to pay for cafeteria items.
According to the apps own description on the Apple App Store, Chowit can: offer discounts and offers, gifts users with free items, allows customers to oversee their balance, makes it convenient to make mobile payments, reload funds in an easy and guarded place, and will notify the buyer when their pre-order item is ready for pickup.
General Manager of all campus Cafeterias, Luke Marian, mentioned when Meramec began using Chowit.
“Chowit started on May 10, right after students left for the summer. We were able to test it throughout the summer,” said Marian.
Marian gave a positive opinion of Chowit.
“The app has been working well. Every once in a while there’s an issue, but that’s mainly because someone is using it for the first time,” said Marian.
At the South County campus, Chowit is the only way to purchase food and drink items from the cafeteria.
The Meramec Cafeteria is open 8 a.m-6 p.m Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m-2 p.m. on Fridays.
