Sentences with phrase «subsidized meal offered»

In fact, to the extent children are being fed junk food in the classroom, it's likely they will then consume less of the nutritionally balanced, taxpayer - subsidized meal offered in the lunch room.

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It's not uncommon for a plant to offer subsidized meals to its workers.

Just to bring everyone up to speed, «competitive» food and beverages are those offered in competition with the federally subsidized school meal, and are sold via vending machines, school stores, fundraisers, snack bars operated by the school cafeteria and other outlets.

But I also don't want my district to offer these items and then rest on its laurels while the subsidized meal fails to provide the best food possible — for the very students who need it most.

Second, according to Poppendieck, by offering junk food in the same venue as the regular meal, the school district may feel pressured to keep the federally subsidized school lunch competitive by offering its own version of «junk food» items (hence the prevalence of pizza on school menus).

Micheline Piekarski, president of the Illinois School Food Service Association, said some schools might find it cheaper to drop out of subsidized lunch programs altogether and offer more expensive, less nutritious ala carte menus instead of full meals.

More than 17,000 high - poverty schools now offer free federally subsidized meals to about 8 million students through the provision, Vilsack announced at a meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington.

On - site subsidized high - end cafe offering farm - to - table meals and snacks.