Not exact matches
Others can buy the meal for $ 2.25 or pay extra for a wide selection of «a la
carte»
items or more elaborate
lunches.
The Healthy School
Lunch Campaign encourages schools to offer more healthy low - fat, cholesterol - free options, including reimbursable meals and beverages, a la
carte items, and vending machine
items.
And when those
items are available a la
carte, it means that many kids will make their
lunch from them on a daily basis, and without the accompanying and healthful fruits, vegetables and dairy they'd get in the federal meal line.
The only a la
carte items in elementary schools are: half - pint milk (skim unflavored, 1 % unflavored, skim chocolate)-- purchase to go with
lunch brought from home or purchase second milk with meal.
In my community, we created a policy that requires classrooms to offer non-food parties and celebrations (in part b / c of food allergies), recess can NOT be taken away as a punishment, and our elementary schools can't sell a la
carte «snack»
items at
lunch unless they meet certain criteria.
food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school
lunch program; the sale of a la
carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded
items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.
In middle and high school, we did have two different
lunch areas (all within the same overarching space — just with different food themes) and ala
carte items.
The food service directors I have interviewed uniformly believed that they must sell such
items in order to break even and that the a la
carte sales were subsidizing the official, federally regulated school
lunch.
The
item is approved for a la
carte during the
lunch period...
Thus, hot meals and a la
carte items are intermingled in so - called blended
lunch lines.
The proposed standards will affect
items sold in vending machines, a la
carte lunch lines and in student stores.
Though snacks are the target, the standards will also apply to
items sold a la
carte on school
lunch lines, like pizza.
The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 increased the nutritional quality of school meals, and included provisions to raise the nutritional standards of a la
carte food
items, snacks, and beverages sold to students separately from complete (reimbursable) school breakfasts and
lunches.
Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la
carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these
items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main
lunch line.
-LSB-...] Spork Report and
Lunch Tray readers know, I've long been concerned about the quality of the so - called «a la
carte»
items sold by Houston ISD in is -LSB-...]
and elaborated on in subsequent posts (e.g.,» A Follow - Up to the Infamous «Cheetos - and - Nach0 - Sauce» Photo «-RRB-, the shame of being seen in line for the federally reimbursable meal can prevent economically disadvantaged children from eating
lunch, a problem that's exacerbated when when attractive, for - cash - only, snack - bar
items are also made available by schools in so - called «a la
carte» lines.
I work in school foodservice and I see the free and reduced children everyday... believe me, they buy more ala
carte items than the students on paid
lunch!
So a kid that is willing to stomach the school
lunch in a district that is indeed serving slop, is spending more via a la
carte items to supplement the lack of food included in the original
lunch.
In one of the few studies to examine the impact of early
lunch on students, Pennsylvania State University researchers found in a 2003 survey that many early diners chose a la
carte items, such as cookies and chips, rather than a hot meal.
Note: Unlike the subsidized school
lunch items, nutritional information for the a la
carte foods is not posted on my district's website.
«The students seem to like the new
items in the la
carte line and the regular
lunch line,» Caudle shared.
Students must still pay for a la
carte items (extras that are not part of the regular breakfast or
lunch).
Weekday
lunch includes a popular pasta bar & buffet as well as a la
carte items.
• Buffet breakfast,
lunch & dinner • Choice of à la
carte dining (some
items at extra charge) • Snacks & ice cream — selected times • Tea, coffee & soft drinks — 24 hours • Local alcoholic drinks by the glass — 10:00 - 23:00
• Buffet breakfast,
lunch & dinner • Choice of à la
carte dining (some
items at extra charge) • Snacks & ice cream — selected times • Tea, coffee & soft drinks — 24 hours • Local alcoholic drinks by the glass — 10:00 - 23:00 Free WiFi (selected areas) • Waterpark with crazy river, wave pool, slides & splash features • Children's swimming pools with splash features • Kids» club (ages 5 - 12) • Playground
The all Inclusive package includes: • Buffet, breakfast,
lunch and dinner • Choice of à la
carte restaurants as shown (some
items at extra cost) • À la
carte dining at the Makadi Mall • Afternoon tea and coffee with cake • Unlimited soft drinks by the glass — 24 hrs • Unlimited local alcoholic beverages by the glass — 10:00 - midnight - some bars, drinks and menu
items may incur extra charges.
Sit down to a lavish buffet for breakfast,
lunch or dinner at our all - day dining establishment, and order à la
carte items any time throughout the day.