Highlights + Bites

This year, students can enjoy chocolate milk made with 2% milk fat! It will still follow our lower-sugar program guidelines, so students get the chocolate milk they love with a little extra creaminess. Thanks to Stony Creek Dairy for working with us to find that balance between taste and balanced nutrition.

And don’t worry—we’re keeping the 1% white milk option, too! Students can continue to choose the milk they like best.

Our Minnesota Thursday Initiative is back for year two. We're excited to continue this monthly, all-Minnesota meal that showcases the great farmers, ranchers, and food producers close to home. While we serve local foods [almost] daily this time of year, our Minnesota Thursdays go a bit above and beyond.

SLIDERS

- Elementary students will be served shredded chuck roast sliders.

- Middle + high school students will be served shredded beef brisket sliders.

Both the chuck roasts and smoked briskets are from Steve + Jamie Ries at Eden Valley Wagyu.

SWEET CORN

- A gorgeous bi-color corn grown just south of Hutchinson by the Tanata Family at Vine Valley Farm. We love when the sweet corn season cooperates with our school menus--what a treat!

WATERMELON

It's been a great melon season. We're so grateful to have the chance to celebrate these this month! These pink, seedless watermelon were grown in Clearwater.

SLAW

On your sandwich, on the side, or not at all -- students' choice! The crunchy cabbage and carrots were grown at Prairie Drifter Farm or Hutchinson's Farm to School Garden.

PICKLES

Our summer teams preserve the local abundance in July and August to feature things like house-made pickles on our menus. Pickling cucumbers were sourced from Vine Valley south of Hutchinson.

MILK

Each and every day we offer 1% regular and 2% chocolate milk on the milk machines. This milk is sourced from Stony Creek Dairy in Melrose.

You can see we're offering a slightly different and more age-appropriate meal for our elementary students. As always, students can sauce their sandwich to their liking and choose at least three of the offered meal components.

Thanks to our amazing kitchen teams for putting in a little extra care to make these ingredients stand out!

As a reminder, breakfasts and lunches are offered daily, free of charge, because of the MN Free School Meals Program. All meals meet the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program requirements according to USDA dietary guidelines. Students are offered an abundant selection of foods to round out their trays according to these federal guidelines.

Students are able to have and fund an account to purchase a la carte items, milk (for kids that bring their lunch) or additional entrees. Seconds on entrees are often offered for the older elementary students and at the middle and high school cafeterias. Middle and high school cafeterias feature an alternate lunch option daily and a la carte items. These items range from $0.25 to $2.25 and could include sweet breads, donuts, muffins, yogurt parfaits, dinner roll, breadstick, side salads, string cheese or cheese curds, cereal, granola or breakfast bars, Gatorade, Propel, fruit snacks, chips, and other beverages. All snacks are Smart Snack compliant: Smart Snack Infographic

OTHER PRICING INFORMATION (all staff and students must have money in their account):

Milk: $0.50

Breakfast entree: $1.75

Additional student, guest student or adult breakfast: $2.55

Additional student entree: $2.75 Sub/Wrap: $3.50

Second side: $1.25

Adults / Staff Breakfast: $2.55

Adults: $5.30

Staff entree only: $4.00

Staff Salad/entree: $4.50