school lunch
Cafeteria meal service
School lunch is a midday meal served to students at school, typically in a cafeteria.
In the United States, school lunch often refers specifically to meals subsidized by federal programs, available free or at reduced cost to low-income students: She qualified for free school lunch.
The term evokes institutional food—standardized, mass-produced, and of variable quality.
- balanced dietVaried nutritional intake
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- sandwichFilling between bread slices
- federal subsidiesNational funding for initiatives
- food safety standardsRegulations ensuring consumables aren't harmful
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