Posted on 12/13/2014 12:52:00 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
More than half of the nation’s school cafeteria workers expect to lose money selling low-salt, low-fat meals pushed by first lady Michelle Obama, a “serious” problem that threatens the programs, according to a survey of food providers.
The School Nutrition Association, which is planning to demand changes to the meal requirements to make the food more attractive to students, found that 50.35 percent of cafeteria officials surveyed expect that serving the food will “exceed revenue” next year.
“Of the 92 percent of respondents reporting that rising costs pose a ‘serious’ or ‘moderate’ challenge to their programs, 70 percent indicated ‘serious,’” said the survey from the group that represents 35,000 school nutrition professionals.
Second on the list of concerns in the new survey was food waste, mostly the veggies and fruit now demanded by the federal government under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act promoted by the first lady.
As a result, the group plans to ask the administration to let schools ease up on the low-salt and fruit and vegetable demands. In fact, they plan to seek a recess from being required to put fruit and veggies on meal trays, according to a draft proposal.
The group cited a USDA survey that said since the department started requiring healthy menu adjustments, more than one million fewer students have stopped buying the meals.
The new requirements, said the group, add about $1.2 billion in new food and labor costs annually.
“...more than one million fewer students have stopped buying the meals.”
Maybe someone didn’t quite finish editing?
Put in mind that the Obamas are a multi-million dollar family that sends their daughters to an elite private school. Both of them grew up pretty well off too. Doubt either of them understand the normal American life.
Yep, the Obama children get the best.
rumor has it that Revrund Sharpton is a part time editor there///
Well it is certain that FatAss eats well
Protest we much!
Well, when laMOOCH takes the keys to the pResidency in 2017, her first act will be to throw BHO out, then she will get to work on this school lunch thing.
Of course AFTER she has her own 5 course meal.
That 5 course meal is not to be confused with an Irish 7 course meal.
Potato and 6 pack of Guinness.
The federal government should get out of education altogether. For that matter, there should be no government involvement in education at any level. The worse thing that happened to this country was government taking over most of the responsibility for schools and colleges. Education will not improve until education is privatized. Until then, it will continue to increase in costs and decrease in quality. Government can’t run a 2-car funeral.
Costly Nanny State PING!
I agree.
I'm pretty sure I know what they're trying to say, and if I'm right, there are many ways to write a valid sentence conveying the thought. I believe they've used at least three of those ways here. As Tax-Chick would say "Word Salad!"
I say again. What does the unelected fat azz have a say on anything?
That’s a fine, healthy example of Garble right there!
The mooch is relentless in pressing her failed affirmative-action ideas. When did this loser get a degree in nutrition? You know their little darlings are not being force fed this crapola at their “white privilege” private school. I can’t breathe.
I’ll accept local gov. involvement in education, not my first choice but federal? no.
The Dept. of Education should be abolished.
This seems to be an appropriate place for this, since Michelle’s diets push low salt.
Low salt diets are dangerous to health.
“Salt, We Misjudged You”
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Isn't that a double negative? As written it's a one million student increase. No one proof reads any more.
Resist totalitarians. Eat cake.
I had a day when i got to visit my 3rd grade son in school and have lunch with him.
We were served some kind of slop and a cheese stick, i was informed by the kids that they get the =cheese stick every day and every day 90% get thrown out.
That’s hundreds of cheese sticks a week.
I wonder which friend of 0bama supplies the cheese sticks....
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