At the start of this school year, the price of a meal at the Chartwells café went up from $3 to $3.50.

This decision has had an effect on many students, who were surprised by the new pricing. Sophomore Kevin Zhu feels the increase in prices is unfair to students. “I like the old price better, because we’re still getting the same food,” Zhu said.

For students who rarely eat Gunn lunches to begin with, the new price is an even greater deterrent. “Now, it’s not even a consideration,” said senior Kamran Munshi. “Why pay $3.50 when I can get a 99 cent value meal eating out?”

The Gunn administration had nothing to do with the new pricing, and doesn’t benefit from the money coming in either. “We don’t get a cent,” Principal Noreen Likins said. According to Likins, Chartwells is actually losing money on the lunches and is trying to lower its losses, $400,000 a year at Gunn alone.