the price of the canteen could increase at the start of the school year

In the canteens of Saint-Julien (Côte-d’Or), shortages do not yet affect school catering, Tuesday, June 7. “We are delivered by API restauration, they are the ones who adapt to try to find products that correspond”, explains Antoine Duguet, director of the school canteen. More than 150 meals are served every lunchtime. The prices have not changed, thanks to an agreement with the suppliers. But the negotiations of the new prices for the start of the 2023 school year are underway, and inflation will change the costs.

“School catering, currently, we pay around 50,000 euros. Certainly we will pay at least double”, says Françoise Van Roy, deputy mayor in charge of the budget. The municipality, whose operating budget is around 700,000 euros, is not sure of being able to absorb this increase. At the national level, the price of meals could increase by 5% to 10%.