Article: Rising cost of food finds its way to school lunch line; St. Paul and other east-metro schools are raising lunch prices by 15 cents here, 25 cents there to offset the increasing expense of food.(NEWS)

Byline: EMILY JOHNS; STAFF WRITER

School food-service providers still believe their lunches are the best deal in town for families, but rising food and fuel costs mean it's becoming harder for districts to provide low-cost meals to students.

Across the east metro area and the state, schools are raising their lunch prices this fall, or crossing their fingers and watching their bottom lines, hoping that increases they've already made will be enough.

"The rising prices of food has hit everybody," said Jean Ronnei, director of nutrition and commercial services for the St. Paul schools and president of the Minnesota School Nutrition Association. "Everybody's felt it ...

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