In the Wayne Hills High School cafeteria and freshman cafeteria reside the adored cafeteria cookies. Some days they are hard, some days they are cold, and some days; they are almost raw, but regardless they are still adored by many. However, in the middle of last year, the price rose by 25 cents, and the students of Wayne Hills have a lot to say about it.
Before we understand the price rise, we asked students around Hills why they enjoyed the cookies so much. Sophomore Chloe Houston stated, “I think they’re really good! I love cookies, and I like how they’re squishy, and how sometimes they are crunchy, and how they’re soft in the center, and I like the chocolate chip, and I like the chocolate chocolate cookie. I don’t like the sugar cookie though.”
However, not everyone is a big fan. Sophomore Gavin Ali said, “They’re good, but, I’ve had better cookies.”
Although, inflation has been a problem since COVID-19 began 4 years ago and is still currently an issue, but no one would think that our schools would be affected, be it our beloved cookies. During the 2023-2024 school year, cookies could be bought for 50 cents, as well as a 4-pack for $1.00, and even a large cookie. These were the staples of school lunch. Cookies even come in a variety of flavors! M&Ms, Sugar, brownie batter, snickerdoodles, or even the classic chocolate chip, there’s a flavor for everyone! Unfortunately, to taste their goodness now, you need to pay the fee of 75 cents for just one cookie, $1.50 for the 4-pack, and the big cookies are even.
This year the Wayne schools district changed food service providers which could be another factor for the increased price of our beloved cookie. Junior Sara Dolah shared her thoughts on the price increase: “I mean personally I don’t think it’s that big of a deal, it’s only 25 cents, but to others I understand why it would kind of be annoying or almost like a struggle. If you do buy them every day then that increase could like definitely take more out of your pocket.”
Junior Dela Alateit thoughts on the inflation are, “I don’t agree with it because I [feel like I] just got scammed.” The rising prices are tough on the students.
As you can see the students at Wayne Hills aren’t happy about this price increase and see how things could take more money out of students’ pockets.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like the price is going down anytime soon, and that old cookie recipe doesn’t appear to be coming back either, but we can always remember the cookies’ old taste of the past.