The Hofstra
HEMPSTEAD, NY VOL. 79
Issue 10
Chronicle
THURSDAY November 14, 2013
KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935
PRIDE AND PRICING Lackmann prices differ across campus $2
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By Ben Suazo copy chief
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Hold onto your receipts from Lackmann, because you may want to ask for a refund. The prices you paid for the same food or drink may have varied by as much as $2.25 in past months, even if you never set a foot off campus. Customers have found that the prices of certain items were inconsistent and varied with their location on campus, even though all Hofstra dining halls and kiosks are operated by a single organization, Lackmann Culinary Services. These concerns were addressed by Lackmann in October after the director of dining services became aware of the complaints, although some price inconsistencies could still be found from both posted prices and printed receipts as recently as Monday this week. On Wednesday night, the price of an order of five mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce was still listed as $7.25 at Hofstra USA on the North Campus, versus $5.00 for those same sticks and sauce as a side at the Student Center. But the receipt for an order at Hofstra USA did in fact show that $5.00 was being charged at both locations, consistent with Lackmann’s Oct. 30 report to its student Food Committee that the price at Hofstra USA had been lowered in response to student complaints. All products in this article were compared for their listed and charged prices during the same day, to ensure that the only qualitative difference by which students could visibly distinguish those items was the different dining location of each item.
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