The Benefits Of Vending Machines In Schools

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All US schools participating in a government funded program must implement new nutrition standards for food and beverages sold in schools outside of the reimbursable meal programs. A problem with this new law is the school's profits getting cut into by not selling pop or unhealthy food? Vending machines in school can be very profitable for schools because teenagers do not care what they eat. For instance in our school the 5th and 6th grade classes can no longer sell malts within schools. Malts were the biggest supply of cash for the 5th and 6th grade classes and now they do not have a way to make that much money. Students found the malts good and they were for a good cause, but even if it is for a good cause they still cannot sell anything

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