A.J.’s Café no longer serving white bread

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A.J.’s Café no longer serving white bread
AJ's employee preparing wheat bread (Katie Scheu/Courtesy)
AJ’s employee preparing wheat bread (Katie Scheu | Courtesy)

Seeking to make its menu healthier, A.J.’s Café in Grewcock Student Union will no longer serve white bread on its sandwiches.

A.J.’s manager Lisa Beasley said the café is getting new menus, which could arrive as early as next semester. They will display calorie counts on its items, and to make its meals healthier, A.J.’s is switching to using only wheat bread and pretzel buns.

“Our menus with our corporation are leaning towards the USDA guidelines, so we are getting healthier menus,” A.J.’s manager Lisa Beasley said. “To achieve our healthier standards, we are moving to whole grain bread.”

For some students, this means their favorite sandwiches may have a different flavor.

“For the chicken parm, you have to have the white bread,” said sophomore Lydia Hall, who works in A.J.’s.

Sophomore Garrison Griesdale also said he was disappointed by the forthcoming changes.

“People should be able to make healthy decisions for themselves,” Griesdale said.

Some students, however, said the decision is in the best interest of A.J.’s customers.

“White bread has no nutritional value at all,” said Matt Katz, a senior studying biochemistry. “I’m glad they’re making it healthier to support healthy students.”