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Screams for Dairy Store ice cream go silent
By Mikayla Temple | September 16, 2020
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Mikayla Temple
Another business has been affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19, but this one hits home to the Michigan State campus.
The Dairy Store officially closed its doors on Friday, September 11 and its not clear when they could reopen.
Ronald Hendrick, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources says the lack of students and weekend event foot traffic is the cause for the business shut down.
Sales were reduced by about 75 percent during the summer months.
The Dairy Store has been around for over a century and this is the first time it has shut down, leaving students who are left on campus thinking about what they love most at the store.
About Mikayla Temple
Mikayla Temple transferred to Michigan State in 2018 and is currently a senior. She is majoring in journalism with a minor in broadcasting. She hopes to become a multi-media journalist for a local news station and work her way up to a full-time anchoring position in a top market. In her spare time, Mikayla enjoys teaching competitive dance, watching movies and spending time with her two cats.
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