You've probably got many nice people who suggest that they allowed to be the exception to every rule in this book. Or you may have to find another caterer yourself for a group because your food service provider doesn't want to provideth. And you might even save a little money for a group that is afterall raising money for charity. Of course, your food service wants to pick and choose what groups it takes. They don't want any group that is not going to make them a nice tidy profit.
Colleges have to be ready to serve anybody anytime.
That's why colleges collect bids and sign exclusive agreements with food service providers. And a lot of people on campus think that the food service director is the one who decides who can get a waiver. It's probably someone with a title like Associate Vice President for Administration, someone who is known by very few students but who is responsible for overseeing many accounts such as these and is making a list and checking it twice to find out who's been naughty or nice. Of course, we could substitute a beer or two in Atlanta. I know that when I worked in dining services, while I had a right of first refusal, in over 10 years, I never used it once.