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Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
It is a reimbursement/tax write-off thing. I'll clarify since I don't think I did a great job explaining it, lot's of noise here today.

Many serve breakfast ($1.33), lunch ($2.49) and dinner ($2.49), then an "evening snack" ($0.74) at closing (cheerios/goldfish) while they mop. They skip the morning and afternoon snacks since they don't pay well. $7.05 per day/per child write off vs $5.30.

By adding a few cubes of cheese/meat, a few ounces of milk and a serving of veggies to your usual afternoon snack you take your write-off from $0.74 to $2.49 per child/per day. It is served at the usual time for afternoon snack, just called dinner so they can check the dinner box on the meal count forms.

This makes total sense! Hmmmm...might have to make a few changes myself. I never considered this!