SNA Statement on USDA Meal Cost Study
April 11, 2008
April 11, 2008
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- The School Nutrition Association issued the following news item:
On April 11, 2008, the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service released the "School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study-II" indicating that "full costs" to produce National School Lunch Program lunches "generally exceeded the free lunch subsidy" provided to prepare them. Collected from the 2005-2006 school year two years ago, these findings direc . . .
On April 11, 2008, the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service released the "School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study-II" indicating that "full costs" to produce National School Lunch Program lunches "generally exceeded the free lunch subsidy" provided to prepare them. Collected from the 2005-2006 school year two years ago, these findings direc . . .