thursday, march 6, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 9
Union Bakery candy prices increase
"We checked Brandeis, Penneys and Wards, and found
that we were selling at far below their cost," she said.
"Also, the cost to us had increased quite a bit."
Tiekotter said the price of baked goods at the Bakery
will remain the same.
Buses, car pools
getting more use
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By Jim Faddis - '
As tle price of gasoline continues to increase, more
and more people are looking for ways to save gas and
money. . . .
According to the Lincoln Transportation System and ;
the Lincoln Carpool Program, many are turning to car
pooling and riding the bus. ' ' ,
The number of people car pooling in Lincoln has '
doubled m the past year, Shirley Maly, Lincoln Carpool .
Program mnrriinfitnr --iirt "
. .Maly said her office statistics indicate 1 ,082 car poolers
in Lincoln. These people form 369 car pools, which
average 2.85 people per car pool, she said.
The number of car poolers has steadily increased
during the past year, with the biggest increase'coming in
the last few months, she said.
Gas prices ..-Tv;.
"People have different points where the price of gas
becomes too expensive for them," Maly said. "When the
price reaches that point, many people turn to car
pooling,"
Others start riding the bus, LTS General Manager
Jerry Olson said. . -
Olson said 1 1 ,000 people in Lincoln ride buses every
day. Bus customers from September to January in 1979
increased 12 percent from what it was during the same
period in 1978, Olson said.
He said bus customers in January 1980 increased 21
percent from the previous year. The increase for Dec
ember was 13 percent, November 12 percent and Oct
ober 9 percent, Olson said. He added that for February i
LTS has estimated a 30 percent increase . ;
More convenient
Olson said he attributes the customer increases to
the higher price of gas. , ; ; :
"But the figures also "show that people are finding
riding the bus more convenient. than what they believed 1 J
it o be in the past" Olson said. ,
Maly said car poolers get preferential parking in many
areas and gas discount cards. Maly said her office will ".J
assist employers and individuals in forming pools.
Employers interested
"Many employers are interested in setting up car
pools for their employees to alleviate parking prob- .
lems,H Maly said.
LTS offers monthly bus passes for $12, a new '
express service and more buses during rusn nours, uison
said.
The 13 new LTS buses also have attracted new riders,
he said.
"Many started riding just to see what the new' buses
are like, liked them, and started riding more often," Olson
said. .
Even with the 13 new buses, Olson said, Lincoln still
has a bus shortage. '
"If the number of bus riders keeps increasing, we'll
have to make our fleet larger every year," he said.
LTS has requested that the city allocate funds for
eight new buses in the 1980-81 budget, Olson said. The ,
13 new buses the city purchased cost $9$ ,000 each,
Olson said, but the federal government paid 80 percent.
Car pooling and riding the bus are becoming more
common among UNL students and employees, Maly said.
She said 224 university people now car pool, compared
with 26 in 1978.
Folks with a sweet tooth will have to pay quite a bit
more for candy at the Union Bakery, according to Kathy
Tiekottcr, kitchen manager at the Nebraska Union.
Beginning March 3, the price of candy, especially
chocolate, increased substantially.
Chocolate peanuts, which used to sell for $1.89 a
pound, are now $259. Malted malk balls, which were
$1 59 a pound, have also gone up to $259.
Chocolate stars, which formerly sold at $1 59 a pound,
have skyrocketed to $3.19, and M&M's have gone up from
$2.18 to $2.69 per pound.
Tiekotter said that candy prices at the Bakery had not
been increased since October of 1978.
"Normally, prices are revised every six months," she
said. Tiekotter explained that the costs were increased be
cause competing stores had raised their candy prices.
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