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Vending machine drinks started to get very expensive in our school, then Coke decided they were making everyone fat and couldn't sell anything with sugar or caffeine in schools. We used to rely on the vending machines for drinks during build season, but since there is no sugar or caffeine in them, we had a problem. Fortunately, we found a solution!

We got a large mini-fridge from the older brother of one of our team members. We (by "we" I mean "I") had to wash it with bleach 3 times because there was some sort of science experiment growing in it, but we decided that almost makes it better than buying a new mini-fridge. We keep it stocked up with generic pop (or soda, for you non-Minnesotans) from our local Cub Foods (go SuperChill!). We even have a punch card system for it.

We worked out all of the details so that we get pop for 1/3 the cost of the vending machine drinks AND the team gets profit! :yikes:

Now we should do the same thing with snacks... Hmm... :rolleyes:

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Seconded! :D

- Austin

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Being in Cali from Western NY I would have to agree. Nothing like it in NY.

-John

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How does the punch card system work?
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Science experiments in the refrigerator are underrated. :) kid, I kid, honest...

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We get 12-packs of the pop for $2.50 and we get some juice for those who don't like or can't drink pop. Anyone who wants to join the "Pop Club" pays $10 for the first punch card, then $5 for each card after that. Each punch card is worth 20 items. We calculated the profit per punch card (based on pop, the juice is a little more expensive) and it came out to somewhere around 80 cents per punch card, plus $5 for the first card (we were originally going to have to buy a mini-fridge). Also, we have everyone crush their cans when they've finished and we collect them. When the price of aluminum goes up a bit, we're going to take all the cans from the season- plus the cans that some of the students collect at home- and bring them to a local recycling center.

It's working really well. I think we have about 10 students and a couple mentors involved. It doesn't generate a ton of profit, but any money we can get is good, plus we all save money with the punch cards!

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The Robettes like to bake for each other for sure...cookies and brownies and last saturday we had huge birthday cupcakes for one of our mentors...!

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When i was a student on 145 we had like 4 or 5 dozen(i think that's right, but anyways it was a lot) doughnuts every Saturday.The mentors sometimes wouldn't let us leave till they where gone......... cause they didn't wanna have to eat them =P

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Mountain Dew and cup noodles.

FIRST: Showing high school students the college experience. Woo.

Also, I second the In-n-Out, but we also get food from L&L's Hawaiian BBQ and Chipotle a lot too.

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wait.... some one accidently got sent a huge box of the nreds candies and you ate them? why wouldn't you send them back to wear they came from? hehehe if that happened to my team. o Lord. they are hyper enough i can't even begin to imagine. haha

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Our high school is 10 minutes from the center of Chicago and is conveniently located across the street from a burger king,subway and white castle. As well as a Greek/Italian/Mexican restaurant. We brought a whole refrigerator up and students alternate bringing snacks and meals.Our team is really diverse with indian black white latin and asian foods represented. Needless to say, we stay well fed lol. My personal favorite is a one a 1 dollar limitless buy-in on pepsi for the design team. Btw Pop>Soda

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Its called Pizza Hut Pizza Mia :D

Since we have some member that have to eat half a pizza (like me :P ) we can pig out and still afford it!

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THE BIRD = THE WORD

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Process at the beginning of the meeting.

1. Log into Pizzahut.com
2. Hit reorder the normal (1 Sausage 1 pepperoni, 1 cheese, 1 ham, 1 bacon, 1 pineapple)
3. Enter in 2R for coupon code twice (Once for first 3 and again for second 3) for the 5-5-5 pizza mia special
4. Checkout
5. THEN update the SVN Repository and start to work

P.S. It was a sad day yesterday afternoon when the custodian took away the pizza box tower :mad:

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Last Saturday (not yesterday) I went straight to robotics without eating, so I had pizza for "breakfast." Then I went to work where the only nearby food is a pizzeria, so on my dinner break I had pizza for "lunch." Then when I went home past ten, my brother's friends had leftover pizza so I had that for "dinner."

And yet I still want more. My team gets the BEST pizzas I've ever eaten.

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We may not have the In N Out burger here in NY, but I'm sure everyone in Rochester prefers a good old garbage plate. At its founders home Nick Tahoe's