Abstract
The study was designed to investigate the issues in canteen food
patronage by households in Kajola Local Government area of Oyo State.
Four research problems were formulated for the study. Questionnaire was
used to collect relevant data to form a sample of 127 households used for
the study. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the sample.
Percentages were used to answer the research questions. The findings
revealed that the households patronized canteen foods twice in a day due
to its fast accessibility and nature of job that left scarcely no time for food
preparation, but, the main issue lies in poor hygiene status which was
strongly recommended to be regulated for positive change.