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Schools Trim Budgetary Fat
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Published: January 6, 2009
The Hillsborough County School District is taking steps to save money in the food services budget. Here are some of the changes and the savings reaped:
$65,000
•Plastic juice pouches (replacing cartons in middle and high schools)
$8,000
•Smaller hot dogs (quarter-pounder reduced by two-thirds of an ounce)
$108,000
•Biscuit brand (new brand of trans fat biscuit saves 2 cents per biscuit)
$14,000
•Plain paper (napkins and cutlery wrappers without logos)
$410,000
•Fewer favorites (Chicken Supreme sandwiches and Big Daddy Pizza are served once, not twice a week)
$200,000
Canned goods (instead of fresh fruit three days a week)
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