SGA considers high prices at Charles Street Market
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article covers an SGA study of prices at Charles Street Market and its reported plans to seek changes.
- The News-Letter reported that SGA members compared prices for 20 items at Charles Street Market with prices at other stores and found some items considerably more expensive.
- The paper reported that one cheese priced at $4.99 to $5.99 elsewhere cost $8.09 at Charles Street Market, but later fell to $5.99.
- The article says Mark Dirzulaitis presented the findings at an SGA meeting and proposed a broader study before sharing the results with Hopkins dining officials.
- The reporter writes that Dirzulaitis said, "They are being very cooperative, and I think once we present all our findings to them they will be open to change," referring to Aramark.
- According to the article, price markups ranged from 17.22 percent for Ben and Jerry's ice cream to 111.11 percent for Stonyfield yogurt; students had mixed views about whether prices would change.