Students and faculty members can expect a change in food and prices this school year due to the shift in food service providers from Aramark to Organic Life.
Organic Life provides more nutritious and tastier foods at a low cost, according to principal Kaine Osburn’s letter sent home to parents in July 2011. It serves foods containing whole grains, organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed beef, and free-range poultry just to name a few.
“D219 recognized the need for students to have healthier and better-tasting food choices at a reasonable cost,” wrote Osburn in the letter.
The following is a list of a few items and their prices that Organic Life has to offer.
Pizza- $3.00
Single Cheeseburger- $3.00
Hot Dog-$3.00
French Fries- $1.50
Cheese Fries-$2.00
Signature Salad- $4.95
Steak Burrito-$3.95
Bagel- $1.50
12-oz Fountain Drink- $0.75
Aquafina- $1.25
Junior Grace Kim said she feels that the prices are too expensive.
“I’d probably buy lunch like, two times a week. I’d rather pack my own lunch because it’s cheaper that way,” Kim said.
Despite the prices, students who have already tried the food say it’s worth it.
“The pizza was really good, and the crust was amazing!” stated freshman Cassie Bergman, who tried the pizza at orientation on Thursday, Aug. 18..
kyle • Oct 22, 2012 at 9:33 PM
This is not organic food. This is a lie…. can food, can peaches, food is not organic at all.
Rebecca Yun • Aug 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM
To be quite honest, the food isn’t that bad. I mean, sure, it’s not the cheapest, but it’s healthier and it tastes better than what we had last year. Wouldn’t you rather eat healthier foods? I’d rather pay five dollars to buy a healthier lunch than to pay a dollar for instant ramen. As an athlete, it’s really important for me to eat healthy foods because if I don’t, I won’t perform as well as I should.
Freshman year, I ate instant ramen EVERY DAY. I looked at the nutritional facts once and noticed that a half cup of the instant ramen contained over 150 calories. 90 of those calories were fat. I later realized how bad instant ramen was for my body and instead ate a bagel with cream cheese (150 calories) with some skim milk. I’m telling you, this healthier food is going to be better for us all.
Long story short, I’m glad we have new school lunch, even though it’s somewhat expensive.
rodger sass • Aug 27, 2011 at 1:09 AM
$3.00 for a hot dog… no.
jeremiah • Aug 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM
its not that expensive at least every thing is under five dollars :/
Alex • Aug 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM
way too expensive
Tiawana • Aug 26, 2011 at 1:29 PM
I thinkk the food ihs qood..! 🙂 Dha pizza ihs dha best..!! <3
stjepan ivezic • Aug 26, 2011 at 1:29 PM
the food is not that great to me and its to expensive for food that isnt good..i dont know about last years i heard it sucked but i think its not great now
Sal • Aug 26, 2011 at 1:26 PM
really good food , but expensive.
jergar1 • Aug 26, 2011 at 1:24 PM
the food is really good even if u have the green plate its still really good!! 🙂
TheProcrastinator • Aug 24, 2011 at 9:44 PM
So far, I’ve been pretty satisfied with the food as far as TASTE goes.
You guys need to take into consideration that because it’s organic, that it’s inevitably more costly, but to be honest, I don’t think that the prices are unreasonable.
Many of the stands sell choices where you can get just the A La Cart item or get a full meal.
I’ve found it rather confusing to communicate with the staff and have ended up getting different items than I had wanted and getting charged more.
My friends and I had all gotten different menu items today, Gyros, Hamburger, Pasta and fries. My friend was shocked at how good the hamburger was, stating that it tasted like it had been charcoal roasted, while my other friend exclaimed that he was no longer opting for off-campus lunch when it’s possible to get good food right here. The pasta, admittedly was rather watery with a pool of oil/water (?) sitting at the bottom, but the ceasar salad, although soggy, tasted pretty awesome.
We wanted healthier food options, and we got it.
This is much much better than changing our old pizza crusts to wheat. Don’t complain, you could still be eating cup ramen everyday for the rest of your life!
Daniel • Aug 24, 2011 at 6:48 PM
French fries and a fountain drink all day everyday because $3 for food is way to expensive. Most college food is just as good or better and you can buy 4 times the amount with only $5
Thomas • Aug 22, 2011 at 8:47 PM
looks like kids are going to be eating a lot of bagels for lunch. otherwise its really expensive.
Frank Gorguis • Aug 22, 2011 at 8:28 PM
Ridiculously expensive…