On Tuesdays and Thursdays students at Buffalo High School walk into the lunch room grab their lunch, grab any extra’s they want, and an estimated 5-10% of students purchase their “Berry Blendz” smoothies of all different flavors. The lunch room sells these smoothies for $3.00 during all lunches.
The cost of the ingredients in the smoothies they sell at Buffalo High School is 20-30% of the cost of the smoothie; therefore they make $2.10 per each smoothie they sell. Smoothie’s at Buffalo High School cost $3.00, but they can cost anywhere between $2.50-$6.00. It depends on the location and size of the smoothie.
The smoothies Buffalo High School sells consist of five different blends including berry blend, citrus blend, tropical blend, power blend, and special blend.
A few flavors Buffalo High School has sold are: Fruit Passion consisting of Strawberry, watermelon, banana, and pineapples. Another one, which is more popular, is Fruit Flirtation consisting of raspberry, strawberry, banana and oranges.
Some students at Buffalo High School believe the smoothie’s are great and addicting, which gives them something to look forward to each Tuesday and Thursday. However, the price has taken its tool on students.
“I believe the smoothies are completely overpriced,” said Junior Jessica Elsenpeter. “Some get three a week, that’s nine dollars total in just smoothies. They are addicting and you can’t help but stop and get one each day they have one. I don’t believe they cause a distraction in class because students will find a way to distract themselves no matter what! For the most part this should be a positive for teachers, because it makes kid hush-up because they have a straw in their mouth.”
Teachers at Buffalo High School may think otherwise compared to Elsenpeter. Some teacher’s think they are a huge distraction and harm their thinking because they are concentrating too much on their smoothie.
“Mister Walsh believes the smoothies are a distraction in class and does not allow students to have them in choir class,” said Junior Rachel Robinson. “It highly affects our performance if we have straws in our mouth, because then we cannot sing and it is a distraction knowing we have a smoothie sitting next to us to drink. I love them, but I can see how them could be a distraction to teachers and students in class, even though they are amazing.”
By Heather Gerhardson
