The Hawaii Department of Education serves up about 18.5 million meals per year to students. However, the DOE'S Food Services Branch is projecting a $20 million shortfall for fiscal year 2024. The DOE cites inflation for milk and food, insufficient federal meal reimburements and unchanged school meal prices.
A new study suggests that the way parents view school meals can impact how likely their children are to participate in meal programs at school.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pressed his case on Monday for an open and fair European market for Chinese cars but warned against dumping, overproduction and intellectual property infringements as he spoke to a group of students in Shanghai. Scholz, together with three ministers and several leading German executives, is on a visit to China that is being watched for signs on how Europe will calibrate its response to what it believes is Chinese goods being dumped on its market. “At some point...
Tesco has said price pressures on grocers have eased as it reported bumper
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canada Revenue Agency is "very, very good" at collecting money it's owed, in a growing row with Saskatchewan's premier over the carbon price.
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants to see a carbon pricing system that is more 'fair' for working-class Canadians, but would not say if that includes a fuel levy.
Price fixing removes competition from the market and generally makes goods and services more expensive.
Higher prices at Chipotle haven’t kept customers from visiting and spending at the fast-casual restaurant. They’re doing so because of value, executives said during the company’s quarterly earnings call. Chipotle saw its comparable restaurant sales increase 7% year over year during the first quarter, the company said in a Wednesday (April 24) earnings release. The company attributed […]
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The average asking price of property coming to the market rises by 1.1% in April. Larger four and five bed homes are driving the growth, according to Rightmove. We reveal what experts think comes next for mortgage rates and house prices
H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, has recently made an alarming leap onto US dairy farms, concerning public health officials and consumers.
In the UK, anxiety over the crisis after Iran’s missile strike on Israel drives down UK shares An escalating Middle East conflict risks leading to higher oil prices, a reversal of the recent fall in inflation and a puncturing of the optimistic mood in financial markets, the International Monetary Fund has warned.The Washington-based IMF said it was closely monitoring events in the region after Iran’s missile strike on Israel at the weekend and stressed the possibility that a war between the two...