Food to Go: A Digital Campus Food Finder System

The increasing number of food vendors within educational institutions has created challenges for students, faculty, and staff in locating food stalls, exploring menu options, and comparing prices efficiently. To address this issue, this study developed Food to Go: A Digital Campus Food Finder System, a web-based platform designed for the Davao del Sur State College (DSSC) Main Campus. The system aims to provide users with a centralized and accessible platform for searching food vendors, viewing menu offerings and prices, locating stalls, and accessing ratings and reviews to support informed food choices. The study employed the Rapid Application Development (RAD) methodology in designing, developing, and implementing the system, while the ISO/IEC 25010 Software Quality Model was used to evaluate its quality and performance. A total of 37 respondents, consisting of 30 students, 2 school staff members, and 5 food vendors, participated in the evaluation process. The findings revealed high levels of user acceptance across all quality characteristics, with mean scores of 4.69 for Functional Suitability, 4.45 for Performance Efficiency, 4.66 for Usability, 4.49 for Reliability, and 4.68 for Compatibility. The system achieved an overall mean score of 4.61, interpreted as Strongly Agree, indicating that respondents perceived it as effective, efficient, reliable, user-friendly, and compatible with their needs. These results demonstrate that the Food to Go system successfully met its intended objectives and has the potential to enhance the campus food-finding experience by improving accessibility to food-related information, promoting convenience, and supporting informed decision-making among members of the DSSC community. Furthermore, the system serves as a practical digital solution for improving campus food accessibility and user satisfaction.

campus food finder; food directory; digital platform; web-based system; ISO/IEC 25010

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