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Food service director outlines rising food costs, breakfast expansion and plan to avoid tax impact
Summary
Food service director Nicole Gray briefed the board on an expanded breakfast program, increasing food costs, changes to contractor services and revenue projections. Gray said food costs have been underbudgeted in prior years, the district will discontinue a $5,500 composting contract and will manage a projected shortfall by adjusting a la carte
Nicole Gray, the district’s food service director, reviewed operations and the FY27 food‑service budget during the meeting and described what she called rising food‑cost pressures and early success with elementary breakfast.
Gray — who the superintendent said was hired in November of the prior year — told the board the district has underbudgeted the food line in recent years and she is adjusting FY27 projections upward to reflect current price trends. "Our food cost went up...we are part of the New Hampshire buying group, but…
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