"To determine just how much these rising grocery prices is going to cost parents, the company examined the past three years of lunch-related food prices. While noting that the contents of each kid's lunch will obviously look different, it used classics like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich alongside a "contemporary lunch featuring a chicken and avocado quesadilla, a health-and-wellness lunch centered on a salad, and a convenience lunch built around a prepackaged meat, cheese, and crackers kit.""
"Then the study dug a bit deeper, looking at how each meal shook out price-wise. The "classic" lunch was by far the most affordable at $4.84. It included a PB&J sandwich, carrots, an apple, cookies, and milk. However, while it has the cheapest cost, it's still the steepest rise in cost of all four options, "driven by higher retail prices for apples, jelly, and single-serve milk cartons," the report noted"
Groceries cost 23% more than five years ago, increasing packed-lunch expenses for families. Almost half of parents and caregivers (48%) expect the cost of school-day lunches to be higher this year. Analysis of three years of lunch-related food prices compared a classic PB&J lunch, a contemporary chicken-and-avocado quesadilla lunch, a health-and-wellness salad lunch, and a convenience meat-and-cheese-and-crackers kit. The average daily cost across those options is $6.15, a 3% year-over-year rise and slightly above food-at-home inflation. The classic lunch averaged $4.84 but experienced the largest price uptick driven by apples, jelly, and single-serve milk cartons.
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