By Sabine P.J & Hannie D.A, Year 9
Over the last week or so we went around school asking people what they think of the food at the cafeteria. We asked them what their favourite food to get at the caf is, why some people don’t eat the school food, whether or not the food is overpriced and their overall rating of the food. The results we got back were not surprising.
Here are videos, pictures, and data of what we got back and lastly, what we think.
The average percentage on how good the food is at the caf was 68.3 % , which is not great. I don’t want to bore you all with the numbers but here’s a graph on the ratings we got back:
Most of the people we talked to said that the food was overpriced, in fact that was one of the main reasons people would bring packed lunch. On friday the price of the burgers at the cafeteria particularly stood out (they were 14 francs), and we wondered how much it would cost if we bought the ingredients at Migros. We then added all of the ingredients together:
Léger Burger beef is 6.- for four patties
American Favourite XXL Buns was 2.50- for four buns
Cathedral City Cheddar was 4.40- which is definitely enough for four burgers
Migros-Classic corn kernels x2 1.70- which is enough for four burgers
Total price of FOUR burgers at Migros (cheese burger + corn)= 14.6- chf
Total price of ONE burger at school (cheese burger + corn)= 14.0-chf
So technically speaking, you could buy the same meal four times at Migros for only 60 cents more than the price of one meal at school. I’m not sure about you but that doesn’t sound like a great bargain to me. And that is not counting the other costs for example; salary, gas, equipment (plates, oven.. etc), space used (the school) and other things that cost money in a cafeteria.
When we asked lgb students and teachers their opinions on the caf’s food we got some interesting responses.
Firstly we asked them they’re favourite meal from the caf;
We noticed that most students said that the paninis are were their favourites (more specifically the chicken, plain cheese, and ham ones), whereas most teachers were more vague about what they liked. They mainly liked all options and especially the vegetables and meat, and we were not surprised!
We also heard people like the pizza and the salad/sandwich lines. The only problem with the pizza lines are that they’re longer, but on the other hand the salad and sandwich lines are much shorter. There were positive and negative comments towards these foods, some on the flavour or quality of the food and others on the issues of quantity and restocking.
Apparently the pizza is a massive hit around the caf being called “tasty” and “delicious”, however some people have said they can be greasy and burnt.
For the salad and sandwich lines, students have said they wish the salad toppings such as edamame were restocked during lunch, yet they enjoyed it nonetheless. From our analysis there is not too much controversy on the sandwiches, most people enjoy them although wish the line was open everyday as they prefer personalising their sandwiches instead of buying a packaged, ready made one.
Overall the pizza, paninis, french fries (all our favourites from middle school) and salads are the most popular. Some students and teachers like to bring their own food from home… so we asked them why they made that choice. A few younger students said they had no control over it as it was their parents choice but others told us they simply enjoy their parents cooking over the schools. Many said that they believe the food at the caf is too expensive and overpriced for its quality and would rather save the money for a wider variety. Finally, the students that get the best of both worlds (no Miley Cyrus reference…) by paying with money rather than a caf card, giving them the choice to have a packed lunch and caf lunch when they wish.
To conclude, LGB students recommend paninis pizza and to fill up on greens. The cafeteria may not be perfect but hopefully one day it will cater to all our standards.
