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Media Credit: Max Matza Students shop at the Provisions on Demand Market in lower Usdan on Monday, the day after it opened.

The newly renovated C-store, now called the Provisions on Demand Market, opened last Sunday in Lower Usdan. Quiznos will open in mid-September in the previous C-store location, according to Mike Newmark, director of Dining Services.

These changes were implemented in an effort to expand dining options and increase overall dining satisfaction.

The P.O.D. Market is now located next to the gameroom, which was remodeled to accommodate both the gameroom and the P.O.D. Market in the original gameroom.

Newmark wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that the P.O.D. Market is bigger than the old store and will have "more items available, from a grab-and-go hot food bar to more produce and organics to fountain beverages and espresso/coffee." The P.O.D. Market will also sell sushi, rotisserie chicken and various vegan items and will have larger cheese, fruit and vegetable, bread and premade sandwich and salad sections.

Quiznos, a national chain known for its sandwiches, will open in mid-September. Quiznos will be open for lunch and dinner and will be staffed by Aramark employees, according to Vice President of Campus Operations Mark Collins.

Students will be able to use meals, points and WhoCash at both the P.O.D. Market and Quiznos, Newmark said. Students can also purchase select items at P.O.D. and Quiznos as a meal "as part of the C-Meal program developed through a collaborative effort of Dining Services, the Dining Committee and University administration."

A few possible additions to the new C-Meal include meatloaf, chicken nuggets and stuffed shells.

The P.O.D.?Market will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to midnight on?Friday, 11:30 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Sunday.

Collins wrote in an e-mail to the Justice, "The idea of adding a national brand sub concept and a larger Convenience store originated five years ago through discussions with Aramark, students and administration."

Collins explained that community focus groups, student surveys, traffic flow analysis, campus layout and preferred national brand studies were all taken into consideration in this decision.

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