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Show Food prices stable now, service director predicts 10 cents to li cenis with just a few extra onces ; added. Jobs that were previously paid $1 an hour are now receiving $1.60 an hour making the total wage-price increase $1700 each month. ' Union Food Service is trying to improve the service and cut the cost, Mr. Moore said. Operating two or three facilities during slow periods is being eliminated when one or two could adequately handle the volume is being instigated and well as schedule changes. This should reduce the requirement require-ment of increased revenue by $15,000 to $25,000. Also Mr. Moore anticipated, with the new Union parking situation, that more people will use Union food serivces for lunch especially the Panorama Room and bring in more revenue to the Union. BY LOUISE FOWLER Chronicle Staff "It is food service's full intention that no future additional price increases be necessary during the next three year, unless some unforeseen circumstance circum-stance beyond our control arises," said Dave Moore, director of University Food Service, in a recent interview. There has not been a price increase in Union foods in the past five years, despite the considerable increase in the wages and food costs. The problem became increasingly apparent last winter that the substantial improvements in cost reduction and efforts to be more efficient would not be sufficient, even with increases in sales to break even. After investigating the problem it was found that about $100,000 per year would be necessary to furnish enough additional revenue to break even during the next three years. Some of the additional revenue needed will be put aside for remodeling especially the cafeteria and to cover the cost of new equipment such as dishwasners and vending machines which will need replacing shortly. Previously, no money had been set aside for improvements, Mr. Moore said. There are also some costs that students are not aware of, explainsd Mr. Moore. Many students will get a glass of water leave the glass somewhere or even take it home with them and the Union is out the price of the glass. For a 10-cent cup of coffee, some customers will carry off a mug worth almost $2. The Union must pay someone to bus the dishes wherever they may be and wash dishes for which someone who paid nothing for the service or very little. Such an example, is customers bringing their own coffee or tea bags using food service's hot water and cups which must be cleaned up after all at no cost to the customer. Union Food Service is operating for the covenience of the students, but it cannot operate without the students' stu-dents' co-operation, Mr. Moore said. The two major reasons for the price increase is that labor costs have increased 23 percent since Jan. 31, 1970, due to the new hedcral Minimum Wage Law and that over the past five years food prices have been steadily on the increase. In aairy jimductaloicj . - N . 1 DAVE MOORE . . Food Service director |