Serving smaller hot dogs, plastic juice pouches and fewer of the kids' favorite chicken sandwiches can go a long way in shrinking the food budget. ...more

January 6, 2009

hillsborough county schools cuts $1.3 million from the school meal budget ...more

January 5, 2009

Trans fats almost shut down a decades-old tradition in Hillsborough County schools. ...more

December 3, 2008

A venerable Ybor bakery that supplies Hillsborough schools staved off a New Jersey rival by finding a way to eliminate trans fats from its Cuban bread. ...more

December 2, 2008

Evidence of the flagging economy's local effect can be found as close as your neighborhood school's lunch line. ...more

September 24, 2008

For the first time, more than half of all students in Hillsborough County public schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. ...more

September 23, 2008

Hillsborough County school officials are ready to dispose of or return more than 1,600 beef patties recalled Sunday as part of a 143 million-pound frozen beef recall by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...more

February 18, 2008

Hamburgers, tacos and spaghetti with meatballs are off the lunch menu for students in Hillsborough County after the U.S. Department of Agriculture put a hold on the beef. ...more

February 4, 2008

An e-mail by district officials to school board members Friday laid out a series of possible solutions to the chronic problem of tardy buses delivering students late to south Hillsborough County schools. ...more

October 6, 2007