Educators are in a Tight Bind
- Posted by Robert on May 19th, 2008 filed in food and healthy eating
School owners are now in a quandary: do they serve the more expensive healthy food or the less expensive not-so healthy ones? It’s economics vs. nutrition now as educators are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
One school official said, “We do not want to serve our students highly refined sugar and flour products, which are more affordable, but we are continually being pushed down this path.”
If they continue serving non-fat foods, they will definitely lose profit as the students will be forced to either pack lunch or buy the less healthy bu cheaper foods.
Many schools are still trying to keep up with food prices while still offering healthy food, but there are concerns. “We’re having to be creative, but we’re worried it’s not sustainable,” said Eric Goldstein, chief executive for school support services in New York.