Ever experienced tinkering on your papers, only to realize that it’s already dinnertime? Grubhub is here, not from the sidelights, but in the limelight. Northeast scholars, listen up. The food delivery platform has launched a program that grants these students over $8,000 to spend on meals, provided they select ordering on the app, instead of the traditional dining hall plan system.
Heard about that popular wizarding world school? Traditional dining hall systems are common in academic settings, wherein students order from their favorite meal preparation staff, then eat together in the dining hall, the perfect opportunity for them to share about their learnings, or catch up from the late-night conversations on social.
This isn’t the first time these grants are going to occur, or take place. That was the moment when Northeastern, a historic academic institution in New York City, invested in Marymount Manhattan College last year, plus allotted $4,250 worth of dining dollars per semester to spend, so they could order food via Grubhub+. You could remember that the Campus Dining Program has helped so many lives of students, as the Ridesharing Forum team previously reported.
Even political science and business administration students in their first year thought it’s the second wave of culture shock.
There’s Tanisha Shenoy, who stated, “I really was not expecting the type of meal plan we have. It’s kind of just Grubhub, pretty much.”
Here’s how this new program works. Scholars receive dining dollars that they could utilize at Marymount Manhattan College, dining locations, and Grubhub’s food vendors. It covers around 75 percent of the costs of these meals, with the students the program covers being responsible for the rest of the 25 percent. Just take a look at the costs of the meal plans at Boston’s campus, right?
Melia Chao seemingly does not agree with the program’s mechanics, who’s citing budgeting is only for the food-envy. After all, she never stole the moment.
“I think all of the Northeastern kids here, we all did the math, we basically get about 30-ish dollars a day,” Chao told ridesharing media. “It’s a lot of money if you [think about it fully, like $4,250, that’s] a lot of money. But then it’s like, okay, if you only have $30 a day and you’re in New York, one meal costs almost $30. It’s ridiculous.”
This partnership of the school with Grubhub opens students to the possibilities of investing in food and drinks on campus with no added sales taxes, no delivery fees, and no transaction fees from the app. These pupils likewise possess “delivery fees waived at restaurants that are part of the Grubhub+ program, free through graduation on orders $18 and above.”
For others, the program is only fair, integral, and just, name it. These scholars could use those dining dollars at the school’s stores and coffee shops, including everything that accepts Grubhub and its delivery services.
To add in the meals that these pupils refuse to purchase on Grubhub, official websites state, “access to refrigerators in their rooms for storing personal groceries, as well as a community kitchen in the residence hall where they can prepare their own meals.”
Furthermore, this initiative also permits users to shop at grocery stores and pharmacies, allowing students to cook homemade meals in the common kitchens within the spaces where they stay.
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