İstanbul İli Küçükçekmece İlçesinde Kamu Okullarındaki Kantinlerin Yapısal Özellikleri ve Sorunları

The aim of this study was determined general characteristics and problems of school canteens in İstanbul- Küçükçekmece. The data were obtained from 58 canteen owners via questionnaire in period of May-June 2017. In method, it was used to frequency, percent distributions and averages and the results were interpreted. The results showed that %65.52 of canteen owners were male, their average ages were 44.28 years and they were graduated from secondary and high school (29.31%) mostly. It was mostly worked to ensure family subsistence (84.48%). It was determined the majority of canteens (93.10%) have employee and on average number of temporary and permanent employee were 1.64 and 1.66, respectively. Canteens were mostly within school (63.79%) and on ground floor (56.76%). The products selling in canteens were supplied form wholesalers (100.00%), weekly (75.86%) and in advance (55.17%). The most important activity problems were unfair competition consisting of food enterprises around the schools (79.31%), excessive rent (70.69%) and long vacation period (50.00%). The assured and acquired of habits of healthy nutrition requirement in schools may be contributed with taking account of the current structure of canteens and the problems of canteen owners.