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Cafeteria
Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With
These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods.
Each Daily Special Only $2.79 Plus Tax.
“Open Daily”
Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.-4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
MONDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
Salisbury Steak
with
Mushroom Gravy
Whipped Potatoes
Your Choice of
One Vegetable
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Coffee or Tea
TUESDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
Mexican Fiesta
Dinner
Two Cheese and
Onion Enchiladas
w/ Chili
Mexican Rice
Patio Style Pinto Beans
Tostadas
Coffee or Tea
One Corn Bread and Butter
WEDNESDAY
EVENING
SPECIAL
Chicken Fried Steak
w/ Cream Gravy
Whipped Potatoes and
Choice of one other
Vegetable
Roll or Corn Bread and Butter
Coffee or Tea
THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL
Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner
SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE
Parmesan Cheese-Tossed Green Salad
Choice of Salad Dressing-Hot Garlic Bread
Tea or Coffee
YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU DINE ON CAMPUS
FRIDAY EVENING
SATURDAY
SUNDAY SPECIAL
SPECIAL
NOON and EVENING
NOON and EVENING
Fried Catfish
Filet w/Tarta
Sauce
Cole Slaw
Hush Puppies
Choice of One
Vegetable
Tea or Coffee
SPECIAL
Yankee Pot Roast
Texas Style
(Tossed Salad)
Mashed
Potatoes
w/ Gravy
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Tea or Coffee
Roast Turkey Dinner
Served with
Cranberry Sauce
Combread Dressing
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Coffee or Tea
Giblet Gravy
And Your Choice of any
One Vegetable
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Drinking
Liquor tax hike not affecting local soles
Craig
By PAGE PATTON
Reporter
The Oct. 1 liquor tax increase had
little effect on sales last weekend in
three liquor stores in the Bryan-Col-
lege Station area.
“Sales were down this weekend,
but that was because there was no
home football game and a lot of stu
dents went home,” said JJ. Ruffino,
owner of J.J.’s Package Store and
JJ-’s Wholesale Liquor and Beer.
The increase was a 19 percent tax
hike on liquor. The federal tax on a
f allon of 100 proof liquor increased
2, 90 proof increasea $1.80 and 80
proof went up $ 1.60.
'The reason the tax hike has been
passed by Congress is to try to re
duce the national deficit.
Beer and wine are not covered by
the tax, but the tax is expected to
add $1.3 billion over the next three
years to the national treasury.
Two area retailers said they do
not feel that the tax hike will se
riously hurt business.
Brian Griebmer, an employee of
Mike’s Discount Liquor, says, “Sure
it will reduce what people buy, but
they w ill probably just buy cheaper
stuff in smaller quantities. I know I
will.”
Griebmer said the weekend busi
ness was mostly students, and he said
he was not even sure if they noticed
the price increase.
“The people that buy the same
bottle all the time may have noticed,”
he said, “but no one really said any
thing.”
Ruffino said some students no
ticed a price difference but were not
aware that it was because of a tax in-
“This weekend will not be an ac
curate report because Monday (Sept.
30) we had people in here buying li
quor by the case,” said Andy Mitch
ell, another employee of Mike’s Dis
count Liquor.
Ruffino said he felt the tax in
crease was not covered very effecti-
velv bv the media.
“Volume sales already are
suffering because of the
increase in awareness of
alcohol, anti-drinking
groups and the health
consciousness of people
today. ”
— JJ. Ruffino, owner of
JJ. ’s Package Store
“They waited until Friday (Sept.
27) or Saturday (Sept.28) to start,
and then Monday (Sept.30) it was
overly covered,” he added.
Griebmer said, “After the five
o’clock news on Monday, we were
very busy. It was like a weekend
tht.”
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customers stocked up, especially
aspect
ids.
ly on
the more expensive brant"
Ruffino reported Monday sales
were like a good Friday during foot
ball weekends.
“After the five o'clock news on
Monday, we were very busy. It was
like a weekend night.
“Most people were buying six,
eight or 12 Dottles of liquor at a
time," Ruffino said. “One person
even bought three cases of Crown
Royal.”
Ruffino said people i
buying liquor by the®
f ile who entertained quite
iquor as Christmas giftsi
little more.
Some companies tool
of the tax hilce. Griebmet
Jack Daniel’s Company!
increase as well as diet
This was the first limein
the company had raisedw
“This was a smart tine
Griebmer said. Thism
only change their pric
customers are only hit
pr ice increase."
Also involved with tk
was the question of
ing their drink prices.
Ruffino, who works
some of the drinking
in the area — Sundance
Central Station and the
of Fame — said these
planning on raisinetheir
"If they do, it wtllonl)
to a quarter," he said,In
them are waitine to see
competition willdo."
List year when the
was passed, Ruffino b
letters to senators and
“Most just sent bad
tal letters,” Ruffino said,
industry was already
that the tax increasev
much.
“Volume sales already
ing liecause of the mcreast
ness of alcohol, anti-df
and the health con:
pie today.”
Ruiimo says he th
drinking law, which is
feet next September, w
dustry more than the
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The schedule for Freshmen and Sophomore photos for
the 1986 Aggieland has been extended to October M1-
Photos will be taken at Yearbook Associate’s studio
located above Campus Photo Center at Northgate.
Office hours are 8:30-12 and 1-4:30.