Meal Price Increase Meal Price Increase Proposal 2009/10 SYProposal 2009/10 SY

Elementary Elementary

$2.50 Lunch$2.50 Lunch

$1.50 Breakfast$1.50 Breakfast SecondarySecondary

$2.75 Lunch$2.75 Lunch

$1.75 Breakfast$1.75 Breakfast Adult LunchAdult Lunch

$3.00$3.00

Meal Price IncreaseMeal Price Increase

Helps to Ensure Helps to Ensure the financial the financial stability stability

Continues to Continues to provide students provide students with a high with a high quality, nutritious quality, nutritious lunchlunch

CommitmentCommitment Continue to develop healthy menus. This includesContinue to develop healthy menus. This includes

Fresh, high quality beef and Fresh, high quality beef and chicken productschicken products

Promote and use fresh fruits andPromote and use fresh fruits andvegetablesvegetables

High School Plan that High School Plan that incorporates the operation of incorporates the operation of franchisee opportunities to helpfranchisee opportunities to helpkeep students on campus keep students on campus

Why do we need a price Why do we need a price increase?increase?

External FactorsExternal Factors

Increase food/non-Increase food/non-food costsfood costs

increase labor increase labor costscosts

Why do we need a price Why do we need a price increase?increase?

Internal FactorsInternal Factors• Self-sustaining enterprise fund

Fully costed Service Level Agreements

General fund does not subsidize the school lunch fund

•Increase the infra-structure

More experienced and trained personnel

Increased technology needs

Warehouse facility to support high quality foods

Lunchroom as a ClassroomLunchroom as a Classroom

Nutrition EducationNutrition Education WellnessWellness DECA/School storesDECA/School stores

Increases the need for Increases the need for “Best-In-Class” “Best-In-Class” training for the training for the kitchen staffkitchen staff

Metro Area Lunch PricesMetro Area Lunch PricesSchool School DistrictDistrict

2008-09 2008-09 PricePrice

2009-10 2009-10 PricePrice

Littleton SDLittleton SD Elem. Elem. $2.25$2.25

Secondary Secondary $2.75$2.75

No increaseNo increase

Cherry CreekCherry Creek Elem. Elem. $1.65$1.65

Secondary Secondary $1.80$1.80

Requesting a Requesting a $.50 increase$.50 increase

Jefferson Jefferson County SDCounty SD

Elem. Elem. $1.85$1.85

Secondary Secondary $2.25$2.25

Request not Request not approvedapproved

BoulderBoulder Elem. Elem. $2.50$2.50

Secondary Secondary $2.75$2.75

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Douglas Douglas County County SchoolsSchools

Elem. Elem. $1.75$1.75

Secondary Secondary $2.00$2.00

Elem. Elem. $2.50$2.50

Secondary Secondary $2.75$2.75

School Lunch PricingSchool Lunch Pricing

Current Current Operating Costs Operating Costs $2.93$2.93

National National Average Cost to Average Cost to produce a school produce a school lunch $2.94lunch $2.94

Nutrition Nutrition Services is Services is

preparing DCSD preparing DCSD students to students to

become become responsible responsible citizens by citizens by

providing high providing high quality, quality,

nutritious meals.nutritious meals.