Title: 27 Unhealthy School Lunches Statistics – Vittana.org
Headings: 27 Unhealthy School Lunches Statistics
27 Unhealthy School Lunches Statistics
27 School Lunch Statistics

Content: 19. 48% of the cost of a school lunch is directly attributed to the labor required to produce a meal. Just 37% of the school lunch cost is food. That means out of a $3 lunch, $1.50 is going to pay the person who made and serve it and $1 is going into the quality of the food. 20. Healthy school lunch requirements that were mandated by the Federal Government added just $0.10 to the cost of producing a school lunch, but Congressional subsidies for school lunch programs were increased by just $0.06. 21. 80% of school districts in the United States have been forced to take steps to address financial losses that have occurred with the requirement to serve healthier school lunches. Some of those actions have included laying off staff, canceling equipment investments, or taking funds out of a reserve program. 22.