This is one of the back-to-school questions: will the bill be higher for the school canteen menu? Faced with rising food prices, suppliers have increased their prices by between 5 and 10%. They ask communities to increase the price of the menu.
In high schools in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region, the price of the menu will not change at the start of the school year. “Even if it is very difficult financially, the Region has put its hand in the walletindicates François Bonneau, the president of the Region, during a visit to a high school in Châteauroux, this Friday, August 26. We have taken into account the fact that the prices of foodstuffs are increasing”.
No increase for the year 2022-2023
“We make sure that in this year 2022 families do not know when the ticket price comes backhe continues. We take a share of this inflation so that families are not too impacted in their purchasing power”. The Regional Council does not specify the amount of the sum released, but explains that for an average price of 8 euros per meal, the community share is now 3.8 euros. It will increase this year to meet the cost of inflation.
“The reflection continues for 2023: will we be able to cover everything? I don’t know.admits François Bonneau. But for this year, it’s not moving”.
In schools, the situation is more variable. The rise in food prices is a real blow to the municipal budget. Some have no choice but to increase the price of the menu by a few cents, others put their hands in their pockets and keep the same rate as the previous year. Others put their hands in their pockets and keep the same rate as the previous year. For high schools, it is the departments that decide.