Sage Dining has implemented “Crossroads,” a grab-and-go lunch concept, designed to provide quicker lunch options for students on the go.

The Crossroads line is separated from other traditional lunch lines and provides food in disposable trays for easy access and transportation around campus.

Crossroads lunch offers options atypical of the traditional lunch menu. Meals such as buffalo chicken sandwiches, fish tacos and popcorn chicken bowls are offered.

Dean of Students Jack Oros says that Crossroads was designed for “student accessibility.”

“[Crossroads] gives students the chance to grab something quickly, and the meals typically don’t require customization,” Oros said.

Outdoor lunch lines have previously been a challenge for students, according to Oros. He believes Crossroads will help solve the problem of lengthy lunch lines that can take up to 30 minutes to cycle through.

Oros says this adjustment is part of a larger one in hopes of decreasing the lengthy lunch lines as a whole.

Freshman Josh Schnitzer has seen efficiency in eating Crossroads meals, as he gets extra free time by doing so.

“I get my food, go outside and get an extra 20 minutes to do work or be with friends,” Schnitzer said.

It has also been helpful to students with busy schedules – for example, junior Olivia Ortley-Gragg is able to have more time to study.

“It’s very helpful,” said Ortley-Gragg. “When I want to study, I can take food quickly and do work outside of the cafeteria.”

As students adjust to Crossroads and the new cafeteria system, they are seeing more and more benefits to the grab-and-go lunch concept.

“I think Crossroads provides students a way to get healthy and good meals while they balance their busy schedule,” said Ortley-Gragg.