A make-your-own pizza joint has joined Streats on the second floor of the Student Union Building.
Rebel Pizza opened at the beginning of the winter semester and is operating out of the old Canoe restaurant kitchen and lounge space. Rebel Pizza started in Winnipeg, and the franchise at UFV is the only one in B.C.
Streats and Rebel are both franchises under the same ownership and same contract with the Student Union Society (SUS). The restaurants do not pay rent, but SUS does receive a percentage of their profits. They also pay for their own utilities.
The same ownership means that nothing much will change except additional food options for students; the two stores will maintain the same staff and have the same responsibilities over the lounge space.
“It’s all under one organization. They’re just able to offer more services,” said Gurvir Gill, SUS vice president external.
While the addition of the pizza franchise was not under the original contract negotiations, Gill said that Streats was able to bring in any additional services they wanted to offer. As the old Canoe restaurant had a functioning pizza oven, pizza was a strong consideration for the franchise owner.
“It’s exciting to have pizza on campus. It caters to different people that have dietary restrictions,” Tripat Sandhu, SUS president, said.
The menu at UFV includes make-your-own pizza options and a selection of “do it our way” predesigned pizzas. A four-topping, nine-inch pizza is $9.99, and a two-topping of the same size is $8.99. There is also a 17-inch party pizza option and cheesy garlic sticks.
“Students get a bit more bang for the same buck … Getting pizza [in addition to Streats food] is kind of neat,” Gill said. “It’s a nice added bonus I think for students, and we’re hoping that they try it out.”
