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Charge limit reducing late lunch payments

 Feb. 14, 2013

The amount students owe has dropped by half since limit implemented.

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Coupon Giveaway

 Feb. 14, 2013

The district’s wellness department has bought lunch coupons and given them away to staff and administrators for them to eat our school lunches. That helps promote wellness because we have healthy school lunches. It also helps subsidize the foodservi

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Non-commercial operations not planning new dining locations

Feb. 12, 2013

For most non-commercial operators, new dining locations are not in the works. Sixty-seven percent of respondents to The Big Picture research say they have no new dining location planned.

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West Virginia district fights to encourage kids to eat healthy

Feb. 12, 2013

District tries to explain to community group that department can only do so much to get kids to eat healthy.

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Independent companies sprout up to serve healthy school fare

Feb. 12, 2013

In California, companies such as Kid Chow are providing healthy food for students.

Menu

Competitive Food Regs Not Troublesome, Directors Say

By Becky Schilling on Feb. 12, 2013

Three years ago à la carte items were given a makeover at 33,500-student Cincinnati Public Schools. “We saw the writing on the wall,” says Jessica Shelly, food services director, about impending federal regulations regarding competitive

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Nutrition-rich foods prove unpopular, removed from menu

Feb. 12, 2013

Arlington Heights District forced to remove healthy items due to low sales.

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New Hampshire schools already set on snack guidelines

Feb. 11, 2013

Vending and snack program already meets new proposed guidelines.

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Color Coded Menus

Feb. 11, 2013

To help me keep track of the new meal regulations, I color code my menus. So for all the vegetable sub groups that we have to meet, I track those through color on my menus. For example, an orange vegetable is in orange type on the menu. This helps me to n

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Calif. districts misspent meal money, says state report

Feb. 08, 2013

The DOE has ordered eight districts to repay about $170 million to programs that offer free and reduced-price meals.

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