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Parents facing lunch challenges this school year

01-Sep-2008
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By EMILY FREDRIX | AP Business Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) _ Kids may be worried about homework, teachers and that pesky bully this school year. But parents? They're leery about lunches. With food prices rising and packages shrinking, parents are wondering how they'll stretch their food budgets. Children are going to get an unwitting lesson in economics, analysts say, as parents change their food-buying habits to keep... [read full story]                    

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