Sentences with phrase «school lunch costs»

But the lettuce, tomato, ketchup and mayo gave it the exact taste of a burger from Burger King, which is great, considering that school lunch costs less.

Not exact matches

Cost is the first and perhaps highest barrier, since Bridge calls on parents to pay for tuition, lunch, and, in certain cases, school supplies.

One of the resources we provide through The Lunch Box includes breaking down food service costs for schools across the country.

A full explanation on how to Implement Your Salad Bar, including salad bar costs, is available on The Lunch Box, an online resource that provides useful tools for school food change.

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.

School lunch has become so expensive for the full fare parent, it is much more cost effective to make your own.

The average cost for a traditional school lunch is 55 cents compared with $ 2.32 for an Organic School Project lunch, not including labor and overhead, according to the organizschool lunch is 55 cents compared with $ 2.32 for an Organic School Project lunch, not including labor and overhead, according to the organizSchool Project lunch, not including labor and overhead, according to the organization.

Reduced - cost and free lunch menus provide meals for 31 million children each school year.

The new contract spells the end of the district's short - lived foray into the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal reimbursements in exchange for offering healthy free or reduced - cost meals to low - income students.

The National School Lunch program cost taxpayers $ 11.1 billion in FY 2011.

«The Alliance will help us with costs and quality as we introduce more nutritional options for our students,» said Eric Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer for School Support Services that includes the school lunch prSchool Support Services that includes the school lunch prschool lunch program.

Two years ago, the district decided to participate in the National School Lunch Program that reimburses school districts for the cost of providing lunch to low - income stuSchool Lunch Program that reimburses school districts for the cost of providing lunch to low - income studLunch Program that reimburses school districts for the cost of providing lunch to low - income stuschool districts for the cost of providing lunch to low - income studlunch to low - income students.

The cost of lunches will be going up slightly for the upcoming school year.

Most lunches brought from home make less waste and cost less than the school cafeteria options, and prove speedier than standing in lines.

The changes were expected to increase the costs of the school lunches by 14 cents — not a trifling amount when added up.

The cost of milk will rise by 5 cents to 35 cents per carton while lunch with milk at the elementary schools will cost go up by a dime to $ 2.85.

And the whole NSLP [National School Lunch Program] costs the country money as an investment in raising healthier adults.

USDA's proposed rule would increase the cost of preparing a school lunch by 15 cents and a school breakfast by 51 cents.

Lunch Money is Adamick's effort to dispel «the myth that school food reform is cost prohibitive» by providing «effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.»

Certainly, adding fresh fruits and vegetables to school lunches is going to result in higher cost to the school districts.

The average reported cost of providing a reimbursable lunch was $ 2.28 during school year 2005 - 2006.

a See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study II, April 2008, p. 3 - 5.

[26] See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study I, October 1994, p. 6 - 10.

[19] See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Balancing Nutrition, Participation, and Cost in the National School Lunch Program, Amber Waves, September 2008.

One of the resources we provide through The Lunch Box includes breaking down food service costs for schools across the country.

[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).

b See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study II, April 2008, p. 4 - 2.

It costs an average of about $ 2.92 to prepare and serve a lunch that meets federal nutrition requirements, according to a national study by the School Nutrition Association.

[28] See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study II, April 2008, p. 9 - 9.

More schools are taking part in the Community Eligibility Provision program, which is helping them serve school breakfast (and school lunch) at no cost to students.

See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study II, April 2008, p. 1 - 5, 3 - 5, 4 - 2, and Exhibits 7.9 and 7.14.

[3] See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study I, October 1994; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study II, April 2008.

[4] See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study II, April 2008, Exhibit ES.12.

For those unfamiliar with this mysterious sounding figure: She's a teacher in an elementary school in Illinois where most of the students qualify for free or reduced - cost lunch.

Eliminating that beef blend from school lunches would significantly raise costs and waste beef that could otherwise be eaten, Johnson said.

It's a shame they can't replace the mysterious chicken lumps served in Chicago Public Schools, where one dish of the Zullo's snack could pay food costs for seven lunches.

Maybe like I do with his Internet usage, I put a flag on his account that keeps him from purchasing these items, or he's only allowed to spend the cost of the school provided lunch daily.

And that goes well beyond beef at schools,» said Adamick, a Chicago native whose recent book, «Lunch Money,» examines the costs of providing healthier school lunches.

For those lower - class families — battered by unemployment, rising health care costs, and other financial insecurity — the ability to obtain a nutritious (if admittedly not perfect) school lunch for free or a reduced price is crucial.

As time moved on, the acceptance of these foods service in school breakfast and lunch programs were more cost effective to pay for a school lunch then at home.

(It didn't help that, according to Wikipedia, «on the same day that the USDA announced the cost - cutting proposal for school lunches, the White House purchased $ 209,508 worth of new china and place settings with the presidential seal embossed in gold» Doh.)

Because the school lunch program, run by the USDA, is highly dependent on low - cost agricultural commodity products, the campaign is calling on the agency to broaden its commodity selection.

In 2011, more than 31 million children received free or low - cost school lunches and more than 10 million received free or discounted breakfasts, according to USDA.

Here in HISD, veritable «food courts» are set up at lunch at various high schools to sell junk food as fundraisers, and principals not only turn a blind eye, they're enthusiastic about them due to the revenue that is brought in — so much revenue that hefty fine from the TX Dept. of Agriculture is just the cost of doing business.

Talk turns to healthier food as school board raises breakfast, lunch prices (July 27, 2011): Another story focusing on the balancing act required to make school menus healthier while dealing with rising food and meal costs.

The free and reduced school meals program reimburses part or all of the cost of a school lunch for children from low - income families.

There is no major cost difference between nutritious and not nutritious food at schools: 55 % of student being served very healthy food report their lunch costing under $ 2, compared to 55 % of students being served food with no nutritional value

I do know that if fuel costs go up to Europian highs it will cost too much to feed the kids school lunch the way they do now, because they wont be able to ship stuff across the country like they do now.

I was hesitant at first when I heard about the increase in tuition to cover the cost of lunches, since now my kids rarely purchase lunch at school.

In Season 1 in West Virgina with Jamie Oliver's lunches, the costs spiralled out of control for those schools - everything from buying new equipment to more labor costs to higher costs for the food.