The cafeteria staff’s goal is to “make different offerings and to allow people to get to it easier than they had been able to in the past.”
The biggest issue with the cafeteria is the problems caused by the physical plant in the new school. “It just isn’t big enough to accommodate what we need and the location causes problems,” Ms. Bossie said. The inconvenience of the cafeteria being so far away from all the classes is the biggest concern to the cafeteria staff, as some just physically cannot get their lunch in time.
Many students say the new sub shop in the Main Café will present a way to improve problems the cafeteria now faces.
“I think having the sub shop in the main café with more toppings is not the greatest idea. They should have more toppings in the aux café, since they already have all the food in the main café. They should make the aux café sub shop the supreme one,” senior Artem Skobrev said. A regular at the Aux Café, Skobrev explained, “I go to the Aux Café because it’s closer. But it still takes a long time, and they should make two lines to make it go faster.”
Although there may still be ways to improve the sub shops, the cafeteria staff has made other recent changes to advance the school’s food selection and accessibility. The Main Café is open every morning at 7:00 for breakfast; open after lunch with discounted prices; and it is open every day after school.
The cafeteria will be changing once again in March, when a salad bar will be opening in the Aux Café one day a week, replacing the sub shop only for that day. Toppings such as diced chicken, tuna, and many other choices will be available to add to your salad at a reasonable price.
The cafeteria staff’s goal is described by Ms. Bossie as, “to make different offerings and to allow people to get to it easier than they had been able to in the past.” The new sub shops in both the Aux Café and the Main Café and soon a salad bar show that they are getting closer to meeting that goal. If the cafeteria keeps expanding its selection at the current rate, who knows what will be for lunch next year.
What's for Lunch?
DHS Cafeteria Changes
By Britt Gordon - 03/09
NEIRAD enilno edition | printer friendly
The cafeteria staff has one simple goal: to enable faculty and students to be able to get their lunch and have enough time to eat it. However, the location of the Main Cafeteria and the large number of students has created big obstacles to achieve this goal. They hope the changes will lead to solving this problem. The opening of the Blue Wave Sub Shop in the Aux Café has been extremely successful, and now, the Cafeteria Staff has expanded this success to include the Main Café.
Another Boar’s Head Sub Shop is now open in the Main Cafeteria. Although it is similar to the first sub shop, this one offers toppings such as bacon, peppers, olives, and cucumbers. It also sells tuna, chicken, and egg salad sandwiches accompanied by water and a cookie for $5.
The second sub shop was opened to enable the faculty and students, who were once unable to make the trip to the Aux Café, to have time to grab a sub. The Aux Café sub shop was first opened to be more convenient for those who physically could not make the trek to the Main Cafeteria and have enough time to eat their lunch. The success of the subs has brought a new station to the Main Café, and now, sandwiches are accessible from all areas of the building.
The changes have proven generally successful although it has created new problems. “The position of the sub shop is a little hectic, as the long lines clog the doorway,” junior Jack Bushell said.
The long lines are just the student’s natural initial reaction to the new shop. “Any type of service is always difficult for the first 30 days,” Food and Nutrition Director Deborah Bossie said. “Once people get a taste of it you will find shorter lines and faster service.”
The long wait continues, there is no real way to change the station of the new sub shop in order to free up the doorway. The necessary refrigeration and hot lamps are only accessible at that location or on the opposite side; however, replacing the grill would cause similar, if not greater crowding. Customers will just have to endure the long lines until time frees them up.
Now there are two places to get a sub!
The sub shop in the main café has more choices
For more cafeteria coverage, read a feature on the lunch ladies in Neirad's print edition on March 16.
