| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.62 |
| Liaison | Lisa Kilgore |
| Submission Date | March 7, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Cornell University
OP-T2-11: Reusable Container Discounts
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Therese
O'Connor Mgr, Training & Development Dining-Administration |
Does campus dining operations offer discounts to customers who use reusable mugs instead of disposable cups in to-go food service operations?:
A brief description of the reusable mug program:
Cornell Dining has two reusable mug discount programs. Cornell Dining sells a reusable mug for $4.99 at fourteen retail locations. The $4.99 price includes the first beverage. After the first purchase, when a customers bring back their Cornell Sustainable mug they can purchase a large beverage for the price of a small. Since 2008, Cornell Dining has sold nearly 1,600 of the reusable mugs.
The second sustainable mug program is our discount refill program. A customer can bring in any type of sustainable mug and get a 45-cent discount per drink. At one unit, we charge 25 cents for a cup for a "free coffee" program 5 mornings a week. This results in almost 100% of student customers bringing their own mugs to this coffee stand.
The "discount offered" field below represents an average of the different discounts being used.
Amount of the discount offered for using reusable mugs:
Description of other reusable food- or beverage-related programs (e.g. incentives for use of reusable bags, dishware, to-go containers):
We have discontinued all plastic bags in retail and C-store locations; now using recycled paper bags when customers specifically ask for bags.
The website URL where information about the reusable mug discount program is available:
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