<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0sfmv2_18vp08EJ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0sfmv2_18vp08EJ00" width="1920" height="1080" ><figcaption>Students sit in Merrill Hall on Monday in front of the cafe.&nbsp; By Hayden Medley, Correspondent</figcaption></figure>Students were shocked to hear about the Merrill Hall Cafe’s recent abrupt change in hours of operation, now closing at 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 2 p.m. on Friday. The change is due to staffing issues and a lack of customers, according to Ella Thrash, a freshman from Rainsville, majoring in pre-health professional biology, and an employee of the Merrill Cafe.“We had a lot of people that were unavailable a lot of times of the day, so we had to change to work better around their schedule,” Thrash said. Another employee, Amy Gannon, also said her hours were unexpectedly cut due to the change. The cafe, which is operated by Sodexo, offers Starbucks and Boar’s Head Deli on the main floor of Merrill Hall, providing access to refreshments on an otherwise foodless side of Jax State’s campus.Ashley Gaither, Sodexo’s field marketing specialist, said the decision to close Merrill Cafe one hour earlier each day was due to a lack of customers in the late afternoon.“It was not financially viable to stay open,” Gaither said.Gaither said students being made unaware of the change was not intentional.“We updated the hours to reflect this change, where they are posted at the café and on our website,” Gaither said.Many students see the new hours as inconvenient.“That’s usually when I would be getting something because it’s after my classes,” senior Kaley Harris said.Merrill, as Jax State’s home of the College of Business and Industry, regularly sees around 13% of students, according to Jax State’s fall 2024 enrollment report. Many of these students say they rely on the Merrill Cafe for lunch. “I feel like, for us students predominantly here at Merrill, we need to know ahead of time,” Khalilah Parks, a senior from Rome, Georgia, said. “When you have classes back to back, you sit here, and that’s your food.”Gaither said that Sodexo is unaware of any complaints. However, they are always open to feedback either by email, the comment form on their website, or on the satisfaction surveys sent out each semester.</div></body>

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Students were shocked to hear about the Merrill Hall Cafe’s recent abrupt change in hours of operation, now closing at 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 2 p.m. on Friday. The change is due to staffing issues and a lack of customers, according to Ella Thrash, a freshman from Rainsville, majoring in pre-health professional biology, and an employee of the Merrill Cafe.

Sodexo reduces Merrill Hall cafe hours

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Students were shocked to hear about the Merrill Hall Cafe’s recent abrupt change in hours of operation, now closing at 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 

Sodexo reduces Merrill Hall cafe hours

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