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Junk Food Trucks Undercut Healthy School Lunch Rules - The Bay Citizen

Junk Food Trucks Undercut Healthy School Lunch Rules - The Bay Citizen:


Junk Food Trucks Undercut Healthy School Lunch Rules

Why eat a veggie burger when you can get Hot Cheetos just down the street?

Junk Food Truck

Noah Berger for The Bay Citizen
Novato High School senior Audrey Romero, center, and sophomore Priscilla Figueroa, right, eat ice cream from a vending truck outside their school on Tuesday
NOVATO — On Tuesday afternoon, Edgar Cardenas, 16, stood on the curb outside Novato High School buying his lunch from a food truck that was peddling ice cream, candy, soft drinks and chips.
For $3.50, Edgar, a sophomore, purchased a bag of Hot Cheetos, a can of Coca-Cola and a package of Airheads Xtremes candy.
In the school cafeteria, the menu included a chicken sandwich with roasted potatoes or a