Following American Airline’s decision to take olives from salads, thus saving $40,000, Southwest Airlines takes a similar cost-reducing measure by taking lemons off airplanes. Starting Oct. 1, Dallas-based Southwest will no longer offer lemons with drinks, but only limes, which will save an estimated $100,000.

This money-saving move comes in response to declining traffic on all flights due to economical recession. Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins said that they don’t need to serve both limes and lemons.

“At the end of our 3,200 daily flights, we found an excess of lemons and needless waste. It not only reduces waste, but we’re going to save $100,000 annually,” Hawkins said.

This is not the only change you will see in Southwest’s catering service. They are also planning to include a full-beverage service on early morning flights, rather than only orange juice, coffee and water. Here’s an excerpt of the official announcement from their blog:

To ensure that we are meeting Customer expectations and minding costs, we continually review our onboard menu – drinks, snacks, etc. – taking into consideration both Employee and Customer feedback as well as the actual usage of each product over a period of time.

As a result of this review process, we recently updated our onboard wine selection and, beginning October 1st, we will begin offering Michelob Ultra in addition to our existing selection of Bud Light, Miller Lite, and Heineken.

(via: The Dallas Morning)