Your cost efficiency, program by program.
Pick a program, then check it two ways. The cost spread across your own campuses, and a sourced benchmark where an honest one exists. The math runs in your browser.
Program Cost Efficiency ExplorerPick a cost program
Compare your cost per reimbursable lunch across campuses, with a grade-level sense-check.
Tip: add a few optional details, like a grade band or a breakfast and snack breakdown, for a sharper read that fits your actual mix.
$69,600a year
Your highest-cost campus runs 30% above your lowest. Moving it to your network low is about $69,600 a year.
Lowest: $3.20 per meal. Highest: $4.17 per meal.
This gap is not explained by grade level. That 30% spread, about $69,600 a year, is worth a closer look.
Your sites run about 16% below to 9% above the USDA cost of $3.81 per meal. USDA School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study, SY2014-15.
Email me my program cost read and a one-page summary I can share with my board.