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It's a bit of an odd article, that assumes the blame is on the food prep departments. "The US has food far below France's quality, but the departments only get
by vacri 11y ago
It's a bit of an odd article, that assumes the blame is on the food prep departments. "The US has food far below France's quality, but the departments only get $3/head instead of $7/head". All this means is the problem isn't in the departments, but in the willingness to fund appropriately.
It's probably also not fair to compare pretty much anywhere to France, given France's extreme cultural connection to fine food (and hence pool of suitable school-level cooks).
- smileysteve 11y agoI actually don't understand the $3/head part without any examples for the smaller state portion. If a state matches $2-3 then the difference with $7 is negligible. Beyond this, I want to add that, if we're complaining about the overhead and staff, Chipotle (ignoring recent ecoli outbreaks) and similar have very fresh options ->$6.
- knughit 11y agoWhat do you do with the "negligible" 15-30% of your money?
- smileysteve 11y agoSave it, reinvest it? From a more corporate standpoint, at $7 a meal, schools are entering competition with "gourmet" fast food options, of which 15-30% is going towards profit margins. If mall food courts at all compete nutritionally with school lunches, then, at $6-$7 a meal, schools should charge (at market, not cost) for the space and restaurants should have profit margins.