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How much is your school lunch?



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amother
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Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:02 pm
We live in PA. Hot lunches at my kids' school costs $9 per day, $45/week, and around $200/month depending on how many days are in the month.
How does yours compare?
ETA: can you post your location too?
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amother
Cinnamon


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:08 pm
I don’t buy into the lunch program. I generally send left overs from dinner the night before
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chocolatecake




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:26 pm
400 for half the year. 800 whole year. There is no daily or monthly option
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amother
Mulberry


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:32 pm
$50 month

Lunches are very simple
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amother
Banana


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:40 pm
Here its by day of the week for a half year at a time. So the approx 15 meals of each day per semester is between $80-150 depending on milchig vs fleshig etc. So I guess if you sign up for every day it comes out to about $1000 a year.

I always let my kids get pizza which is the cheapest option and 1 additional day. So it's about $200 a semester
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amother
Orange


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:40 pm
Brooklyn

Boys free but the food is pretty bad
Girls $500 for the year
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amother
Tangerine


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:40 pm
amother Banana wrote:
Here its by day of the week for a half year at a time. So the approx 15 meals of each day per semester is between $90-150 depending on milchig vs fleshig etc. So I guess if you sign up for every day it comes out to about $1000 a year.


Our school does the same. The only day we pay for is pizza day since it’s from a pizza store. Beyond that we send leftovers
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Hashem_Yaazor




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:41 pm
I don't remember what our school charged last year, either 5.50 or 6, but the lunch program items and labor are very expensive in this economy and we didn't profit at all.
This year we have the whole school on free lunches and we'll see how that goes.
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amother
Rose


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:43 pm
It’s $60/month
And mandatory if not eligible for govt aid
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amother
Alyssum


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:44 pm
amother OP wrote:
We live in PA. Hot lunches at my kids' school costs $9 per day, $45/week, and around $200/month depending on how many days are in the month.
How does yours compare?
ETA: can you post your location too?


wow! that's a lot.
do most people have to pay or do you get it for free if you are under a certain income?
are you obligated to pay for this or it's optional?

I live where HY lives and I'm pretty sure it was 5.50 last year/
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amother
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Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 4:57 pm
amother Alyssum wrote:
wow! that's a lot.
do most people have to pay or do you get it for free if you are under a certain income?
are you obligated to pay for this or it's optional?

I live where HY lives and I'm pretty sure it was 5.50 last year/


I don't know if there's reduced rates for low income, or how they would determine that. It's privately run lunch program by a local restaurant/caterer. No it's definitely not mandatory! I also wonder what percentage of the students get hot lunches. Price has increased a lot over the past 6 years, from what I remember, it was $5/day when we first started there.
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amother
Nectarine


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 5:38 pm
$875 for monday-friday including pizza day
Or $200 for just pizza day
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justforfun87




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 5:44 pm
BY of Baltimore is 500/year. My other kids school is about 5.50 a meal for like a slice of pizza and a fruit or mac n cheese and carrots etc.
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amother
Khaki


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 6:28 pm
Run by a private caterer. School is not involved but I assume there is some benefit for the school...
Los Angeles
$10 a day. You pay per month but I think you don't have to buy every day.
I never buy. My kids get sandwiches or pasta and cheese for lunch.
No low income or government subsidies. Not that we would qualify- odds are we make slightly too much for any program.
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amother
Floralwhite


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 6:30 pm
No regular school lunch options.
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amother
Dahlia


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 6:38 pm
justforfun87 wrote:
BY of Baltimore is 500/year. My other kids school is about 5.50 a meal for like a slice of pizza and a fruit or mac n cheese and carrots etc.

Last year was first year we got our middle schooler hot lunch at TA. It’s $700/year for MS, $650 for elem. HS, 3 meals a day are wrapped up in tuition.
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amother
Magenta


 

Post Fri, Aug 23 2024, 6:49 pm
We don't pay for school lunch.
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amother
Slateblue


 

Post Sat, Aug 24 2024, 5:12 pm
In Israel, 2 children in ganim I'm paying 100 nis a month, for my daughter in school 40 nis a month - her school is reduced from 90 nis as they are considered public school I think is the reasoning.
For hot lunch & fresh fruit and veg and afternoon school. (Kids finish at 4 instead of 1.30).
It's a meaty lunch Sunday - Thursday besides one day which is parve.
Made by an outside company hired by the government and delivered to the schools.
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