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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1996
In fiscal year 1995, about 26 million students in about 94,000 schools nationwide were served lunches each day through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). In response to concerns raised about the amount of food thrown away by students (called plate waste), the General Accounting Office (GAO) surveyed a random sample of cafeteria managers in…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Dining Facilities, Educational Economics, Efficiency
