An $18 million settlement has been reached between New York and a food company that serves 39 school and public lunch programs statewide after an investigation into more than seven years of overcharges, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Wednesday.
Food Services
9/18/2012
With new federal guidelines dictating what is served at school cafeterias during lunch time, school districts all over the country have reworked their menus to accommodate the new rules.
9/13/2012
A detailed presentation on how the Upper Dublin School District Food Service is faring in its attempt to serve more healthy foods dominated the school board’s Sept. 10 meeting.
9/10/2012
This year, Boston public schools have begun providing free breakfasts to all students in every school, regardless of family income, as part of a push to ensure that all schoolchildren eat healthfully and receive the nutrition they need to stay alert throughout the day.
9/6/2012
Starting Monday, children in the Pleasanton school district will be changing out meaty lunches for lunches that include Mediterranean offerings with hummus and grapes as Meatless Mondays go into effect.
9/4/2012
Worried that children were losing the war on obesity, New York City began to slim down its school lunch offerings several years ago, replacing fries with baked potato strips and introducing nonfat chocolate milk, whole grain pasta and salad bars, among other tweaks.
9/3/2012
It is common knowledge that the fresher the food, the more expensive the cost. When new federal guidelines required schools to increase the servings of fruits and vegetables and whole grains, many wondered how they will pay for it.
9/3/2012
The school district in Turlock, surrounded by fields and orchards in one of the nation's richest agricultural regions, used to get much of the produce it served to students from national distributors who shipped fruits and vegetables from outside California.
8/7/2012
Many school districts across Kentucky are charging students more for lunch this year to comply with a federal mandate to offer more fresh produce.
8/6/2012
While many schools across the country are doing away with physical education, the McAllen School District is putting a bigger emphasis on this subject.
7/29/2012
For Alex Jilek, getting three kids ready for school in the morning generally involves lots of raised voices.
7/17/2012
You can start to say goodbye to mystery meat at school cafeterias.
7/13/2012
With insight from Chartwells, Levittown Public Schools continues to focus on increasing nutritious school meal offerings to students in their school dining centers.
7/13/2012
Heartland Payment Systems has acquired LunchByte Systems, Inc., a school foodservice back office management and point-of-sale company led by its NUTRIKIDS solution.
5/10/2012
Lunch prices at Columbia Public Schools likely will rise again next school year.
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