JHU SGAThe 114th Session
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Questions for Dining

Unknown · 113th session · created October 1, 2025 · updated October 7, 2025

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  • Can we have a student discount or Dining Dollars/J-cash for restaurants on St. Paul St (honeygrow, Chipotle, Subway, Kajiken, etc)?
  • We noticed that late night is no longer available in Hopkins Cafe this year. Can you provide a reasoning for that decision?
  • Is there a possibility for Scoopology to come back? Many students loved Scoopology and multiple students have desperately wished for it back.
    • They are going to reevaluate
  • Can you provide some more transparency on pricing? It has been noticed that products in Charles Street Market and meal plans get more expensive each year. Is it possible to provide a breakdown of annual increases and justification for the pricing, specifically for meal plans?
  • We also noticed that many students expressed concerns over food running out in the dining halls in the hour to half an hour before closing times. Can you increase the amount of food cooked during these times? Related to this, students have noticed that weekend food coverage is really sparse, can you increase the amount of food offered during these times?
  • Students have expressed that J-cash scanners don't work at Streets Market, can this be fixed?
  • Can we get more diversity in Meals-in-a-Minute options? Students have noticed many of the options seem to be the same.
  • Is Dining tracking how much demand/interest each menu item has or is there some other system to gauge student interest? If so, how does it work?
  • Some students on “block” meal plans have expressed concerns with the e-accounts app. They noted that they cannot see how many meals they have for the rest of the semester (they only see how many in a day, which is always a maximum of 4), so we were wondering if that could be an inclusion in the future!
  • Can we get more use of Halal, vegetarian, and other dietary labeling in dining halls? Students need better communication for dietary restrictions and accommodations, including clear cut ingredients list. Students have noticed several times that the screen menus were not updated with the right meal items.
  • What does dining do with leftover food? Could something like "TooGoodToGo?" app be used? It allows us to reduce food waste while keeping people fed.
  • Is there a way we can implement the order-ahead system being used in BSC for the sandwich station in Hopkins Cafe?
  • Can we also make sure that staff members are better equipped to answer questions about vegan/vegetarian options? I’ve overheard servers, who are asked questions about the contents of a certain curry or other item, just shrug and say they don’t know.