Sentences with phrase «meal than the school»

He spent more money on his meals than the school district could spend, and brought in more (and better skilled) labor than the school district could afford — in fact, he basically opened a branch of one of his restaurants in a high school — which is in no way working «within the constraints.»

Not exact matches

Compass Group serves more than 4 billion meals annually in schools and universities; offices and factories; hospitals and senior living communities; remote mining camps and offshore platforms; and major sports and cultural venues.

More than 350 low - income children in the community receive free lunches at the park during the summer to ensure they have healthy meals while school is out of session.

Last year, Three Square distributed close to 40 million pounds of food and grocery product — more than 33 million meals — to more than 600 program partners, including nonprofit and faith - based organizations, schools and feeding sites.

Quest Food Management Systems Inc. was founded on the idea that there's more to a school lunch program than simply making sure meals include the four food groups, and President Mike McTaggart says the company adheres to those same principles today.

The increase in breakfast service will begin during the 2017 - 18 school year in schools with more than 70 percent of students eligible for free and reduced - price meals.

Owned and managed by the schools it serves, it now dishes up more than 6,000 meals a day.

Rather than having just one or two vegetarian options, they will have a wider choice of vegetarian foods not always available in school meals.

To give you some numbers: 22 million kids receive free / reduced price meals during the school year and during the summer, more than 80 % of those kids may go hungry because they don't have access to school meals.

The proportions of pupils eligible for free school meals and with special educational needs are both higher than the national average.

Rather than taking money from food stamps to fund the negligible six cent increase for school meals, let Congress keep the money, says Bruske.

As a parent of an elementary aged child, and having shared meals in the school cafeteria with my child's class, on more than one occasion, this may actually work.

I know many kids who would live with cramps rather than eat food like spinach or curry sauce, which all got thrown out this week at my school, which has restyled meals, which are awful, and much of the food gets tossed.

Our price point is far higher than the typical school lunch (most of our full meals cost in the mid - $ 4 range), and as a result, we have more money to spend on ingredients and making meals from scratch.

But with consistent, dedicated nutrition education in the Boulder Valley schools, Cooper reports that meal participation in her district is now at a higher level than before the new changes were implemented.

As I explained in «Yes, School Meal Standards Just Got Weaker — But Not As Much As You Think,» Secretary Perdue's May 1st announcement did little more than lock in the status quo on schoolSchool Meal Standards Just Got Weaker — But Not As Much As You Think,» Secretary Perdue's May 1st announcement did little more than lock in the status quo on schoolschool food.

Today, scientific studies have proven that the school meals served in many schools are much more nutritious than packed lunches.

And many schools subsidize full - price meals by charging less than it takes to produce them.

The 15 high school teams that competed in the 2009 contest were asked to prepare nutritious lunches while spending no more than about $ 1 per meal on ingredients — significantly more than what the district's food contractor usually spends, according to Bob Bloomer, regional vice president for Chartwells Thompson Hospitality.

More than 25 million school children come to school hungry; ensuring that these children have access to a morning meal is the goal of the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom (PBIC) project.

These school districts, which serve more than 10 percent of the nation's school children, charge an average of $ 1.80 for an elementary school meal and $ 2.14 for a high school meal.

The act covers the government's reimbursements to school districts for school meals; food served at many day care facilities for children and adults; and the Women, Infants and Children program, which provided food to more than 8 million people in 2007.

[21] Similarly, the School Nutrition Association estimated that the cost of providing a school lunch was $ 2.92 for the 2008 - 2009 school year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schSchool Nutrition Association estimated that the cost of providing a school lunch was $ 2.92 for the 2008 - 2009 school year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schschool lunch was $ 2.92 for the 2008 - 2009 school year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schschool year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schools).

Most schools DO NOT want to sell more a la carte than meals because that directly impacts our commodity entitlement funding for the next year.

Compared with the national average, Maine has more than triple the percentage of schools that have achieved a «U.S. Healthier Schools» designation — meaning schools that served meals well above the federal nutrition mischools that have achieved a «U.S. Healthier Schools» designation — meaning schools that served meals well above the federal nutrition miSchools» designation — meaning schools that served meals well above the federal nutrition mischools that served meals well above the federal nutrition minimums.

For many of them, school lunch is their main meal of the day, making it all the more important than it is a healthy meal.

In addition to making sure students have healthy school meals to choose from, Lynne has dedicated more than 33 years to creating an overall healthy environment for her district's students.

Less than twenty percent of kids who are getting that free or reduced - price lunch during the school year are getting access to summer meals that are available to them.

With more than 25 years of school nutrition experience, and six running school meals, we had to know — what are Tuke's tips for running a summer meal program?

They also had their meal — stuffed green peppers, carrot quesadillas, and refrescante salad — served to more than 40,000 public school students nationwide.

The price of a meal from home is FAR more expensive than paying the FULL paid lunch price at schools.

We have done the cost analysis in our school district and determined that the cost of doing the meal prep ourselves is vastly higher than the cost of getting our meals from Preferred Meal Systems (Pmeal prep ourselves is vastly higher than the cost of getting our meals from Preferred Meal Systems (PMeal Systems (PMS).

But what did that prove — that someone operating completely outside the constraints of a regular school meal program (financial, regulatory, and social) can do things differently than someone who is forced to stay on budget and follow the rules?

My son's school has little problem with unpaid balances as less than 5 % of students would pay full price for meals (and why kids eating all three meals at school is not uncommon).

Did you know that although more than 21 million children in the US get free or reduced - price school lunches, only 3 million get a free summer meal?

This «alliance of alliances» between six cities represents 4,536 schools, more than 2.5 million students and 46 billion school meals, and a combined $ 552 million in food service.

The last thing they want is too high a funding level that would enable schools to have working kitchens (rather than large ovens to heat up trays prepared in a central kitchen) and a skilled staff capable of serving healthy homemade meals.

For multiple years, the suit alleges, Chartwells was paid many millions of dollars more for meals than it should have been, even while the company often delivered food late, failed to provide the full number of meals at some schools, and repeatedly served poor quality or spoiled food.

Christine, that roasted broccoli sounds delicious, and I make something similar at home, but for our schools which are literally serving meals out of a closet, there are no ovens that heat as high as 450, just a retherm oven that maxes out at about 300, and is not really meant to be set higher than about 250 to reheat the frozen partially thawed meals which is all these kitchenless schools can handle.

For those who haven't been following this issue closely, it's important to point out that the new calorie caps are not resulting in meals that are significantly lower in calories than the old school meals.

Ken is correct that home - packed lunches are generally less nutritious than school meals, but those statistics take into account all home - packed lunches, including those consisting of a can of soda and a bag of chips.

About 72 percent of California high schools serve reheated processed meals more than half the time, according to recent research by Woodward - Lopez.

Even before I started The Lunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed lunch.

While many kids — including my own — are sad to see summer end, for too many of our of nation's children, back to school is more than new textbooks and teachers — it's about the relief of getting access to school meals again.

Those of us involved in school lunch programs already have more than enough difficulties planning nutritionally sound meals that kids will eat.

But chef Paul Boundas says he serves his scratch - cooked meals to about 4,500 private school students — including about 300 at Holy Trinity — every day for even less than that modest amount.

«This is an issue we're trying to resolve,» said Michael Cook, a spokesman for the Las Cruces, N.M., Public School District, which he said was trying to make certain that any student who can't afford the main meal on the menu «is served some kind of alternative» rather than go hungry.

Guidelines for school meals are a programmatic reality and have been a work in progress for more than 60 years.

More than 31 million children participate in the National School Lunch Program and more than 11 million participate in the National School Breakfast Program, federally assisted meal programs offered in many school sySchool Lunch Program and more than 11 million participate in the National School Breakfast Program, federally assisted meal programs offered in many school sySchool Breakfast Program, federally assisted meal programs offered in many school syschool systems.

In the mid-1990s, Congress decided that school meals should comply with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which specified that no more than 30 percent of calories should come from fat.