While the impact of federal budget cuts and coming nutritional guidelines is uncertain, smaller changes have already arrived ...

Whether it was a classic school lunch favorite or something that only you seemed to love, I want to know.

A new report from Deloitte shows the average cost for a packed lunch is now $6.15, up nearly 3% from 2024. But that all ...

The survey found that compared with back-to-school time in 2024, a packed lunch will cost on average 3% more this year. In ...

Here's what your favorite school lunch says about you.

Roughly 3,150 lunches. That’s what three kids, six years of elementary school, and 175 school days a year adds up to—”and that’s not even counting summer camp or snow days,” Jennifer McDaniel says.

School lunches usually get teased for being bland, but in North Carolina, certain cafeteria staples reached iconic status.

Jaylenn Rivera, a junior at the Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex in the Providence Public School District, says lunch is ...

Public records requests filed across the state reveal a significant rise in unpaid lunch debt between 2023 and 2025.

Ray Salazar fondly remembers the lunches he got at school in the 1980s, especially the “stick-to-your-ribs” chop suey and turkey a la King followed by a warm piece of chocolate cake. This wasn’t at a ...