If you were a sado who eat three squares a day on the old system, and now do the the same on the new, you will pay substantially more money unless you eat utter core crap..
This was never a trial, only a trial period for the contractor to work out his bid. Once the contractor has completely commited, prices will start being hiked up throughout the mess. This is due to them having a complete monopoly on ALL services within the air station/crab base/pongo mess hall