OHIO UNIVERSITY'S DINING SERVICES OFFER A VARIETY OF MEAL PLANS TO STUDENTS FOR ON-CAMPUS DINING, BUT SOME STUDENTS ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR CURRENT PLANS. JOURNALISM 350 REPORTER PAT HENDERSON HAS MORE...
[TAKE PKG NAME: Market prices DURATION:1:22] OHIO UNIVERSITY DINING SERVICES' SUPER MEAL PLANS HAVE CAUSED SOME FRUSTRATION AMONG STUDENTS. THESE PLANS LET STUDENTS SPEND LEFT-OVER MEALS AT ON-CAMPUS MARKETS AT THE END OF EACH WEEK. HOWEVER, SOME STUDENTS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS OF HOW REASONABLE PRICES OFFERED AT MARKETS ARE...
[TAKE NAME: Market employee OUTCUE: too much DURATION:0:07] <"I've never honestly actually went to the store and compared the prices but i've thought to my self... they are probably charging too much.">
ONE MARKET EMPLOYEE SAYS PRICES VARY FROM PRODUCT TO PRODUCT. SHE ALSO FEELS MOST STUDENTS WHO HAVE LARGE MEAL PLANS FIND OUT THEY'D BE BETTER OFF WITH A SMALLER ONE...
[TAKE NAME: Market employee 2 OUTCUE: Walmart or something DURATION:0:10] <"they start to realize that it would have actually just have been cheaper to get one of those 10 meal meal plans, you'd get more for your money if you went to like Walmart or something.">
ONE STUDENT WHO SHOPS AT THE MARKET THINKS THE ADVANTAGES OF A SUPER MEAL PLAN OUTWEIGH THE DISADVANTAGE OF MARKET PRICES.
[TAKE NAME: student1 OUTCUE: all the time DURATION:0:10] <"i like having a super meal plan because then i can you know go to grab and go or if i want to go get frozen meals or something you know and that way i don't have to go to the dining hall all the time.">
ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE, THE OHIO UNIVERSITY DINING SERVICES HAVE REPLACED THE SUPER MEAL PLAN WITH A "FLEX MEAL PLAN" FOR THE 2009 - 2010 ACADEMIC YEAR. REPORTING IN ATHENS, I'M PAT HENDERSON.