EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an announcement from The Nebraska Medical Center’s Food and Nutrition Services.
Quality products and service are at the core of The Nebraska Medical Center Food and Nutrition Services’ mission. Just as important is delivering quality at a fair market value to our customers.
While the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has grown more than 6 percent over the past 2 ½ years, there has not been a price increase in The Nebraska Medical Center’s retail areas. CPI is the cost of a basket of goods and services used by the average consumer. The annual percentage change in the value of this index is one way of measuring the annual inflation rate.
Everyone is keenly aware that we have seen huge increases in petroleum pricing. These increases not only affect us at the pump but in the products we use on a daily basis including our paper and plastic items.
In an effort to maintain quality and value and help reduce the consumption of disposable products two changes will be taking effect in all retail outlets beginning July 1. Retail prices will be increasing by an average of 3.5 percent overall and there will be a charge of $.10 per cup that is not part of a beverage or meal purchase.
These modest increases will support the continued effort of food and nutrition services to provide high quality products and services at an affordable rate to all our valued patrons.