Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 10. May 15 1978
Snofreeze and Spuds
Snofreeze and Spuds
Vic now has a sno-freeze machine. For 15 cents you can buy a lovely soft creamy cone, for 25 cents you get a milkshake, and for 50 cents the thickest milkshake you could ever imagine will now be yours. It's cost 3,000 dollars, this machine, but the Catering sub-committee is satisfied its cash-flow is healthy enough to cope. Auckland and Canterbury have sno-freeze machines, and we must never let it be said that Victoria lags behind.
That's the good news. Now for the middling stuff. Accounts for the period January—March show that students meals are $1,200 better off than for the same time last year, which means that the loss in that department is slightly smaller. Our functions, which is where we make the money, are down by $7,500. If it weren't for NAC using the Union building a short while ago to cry themselves into oblivion to the tune of several thousand dollars we would really be in trouble.
This, of course, leads to the bad news. There are no prizes for guessing what happens when things aren't making enough money. And we also know what happens when the price of potatoes rises from $1.80 to $4.75 a sack. The cheap chips get their chips, price-wise. Quotes for functions and the price structure of all goods sold will be investigated.
One interesting piece of information did you know students are so addicted to chips they chew through 15-20 bags of potatoes a day?