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Subway restaurant might be the replacement for Frantone’s Pizza and Spaghetti Villa. Associated Students of Cerritos College Vice President Julian Del Real Calleros, explained, how Cerritos College’s students need cost-friendly and nutritious meals being sold on campus.
ASCC will find out if Subway will be here on campus during the summer.
There is a demand for Subway on Campus, “Throughout my time here at Cerritos College, since I started here in the ASCC, Cerritos College has always received requests from students. They would like to see a Subway here in campus,” Del Real Calleros said.
Frantone’s contract is done annually, but sometimes contracts are for five years.
“I don’t know exactly when its[Frantone’s] lease ends, but I do know it’s coming to an end,” he said.
According to Del Real Calleros Cerritos College does not want to end business with Frantone’s, but the college would like to see the company change its menu to healthier choices and lower prices.
“USC, has Carls Jr., and all vendors there if you have a student I.D. you don’t pay tax, plus you get a student discount,” he said.
Subway has been contacted, and there is a 50/50 chance that Subway will come to Cerritos.
The Vice President of Business Fiscal Services has to approve it, but he was not very compromised, Del Real Calleros said.
Ana Baltazar, nursing major, gave her opinion about Subway being introduced here in campus, “It’s good in a way, but then again It [Frantone’s] has being there for years, from what I remember coming when I was in High School. Which is good, because Subway is good. But I think Cerritos should change another restaurant, not Frantone’s.”
Monisha Smith, also nursing major said, “I’m all for Subway, because it’s healthier and it’s better for you. And I think people will like Subway better than Frantone’s.”
If Frantone’s is willing to make the changes asked by the district, Cerritos College would allow it to stay in two locations. The location in the Student Center will be a Subway, and according to Del Real-Calleros the location in the Social Science Building will also be a great location to place another Subway.
However, if Frantone’s declines to compromise with the student body, “Then in that case we urge for the Cerritos College Community District to suspend any further negotiations with Frantone’s until it is able to accommodate the students,” he said.
The student body would like both businesses to be contributors to Cerritos College, Del Real Calleros said, “but right now we are having a problem, where it (Frantone’s) is not being student-friendly and that’s what we need here in campus.”
Each Subway location is independently owned, therefore all the revenues will go to Cerritos College, but Cerritos will have to pay the corporate office for using its logo.
