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Prior to SB 19 schools had become progressively more dependent on revenues from the sale of high calorie, nutrient poor foods and beverages to support various student programs and activities as well as provide much needed revenue to school food service departments that struggle to keep their operations in the black. Faced with competition from venues such as vending machines, student stores and students going off campus to buy foods and beverages during the school day, many food service departments have felt it necessary to sell popular, but nutritionally-poor, a la carte items in addition to complete meals.

Many schools expressed concern that sale of SB-19 com-pliant foods and beverages would be less profi table and thereby negatively impact school revenues, however, schools did not have systems in place that accurately assessed this fi nancial impact. Many schools had little idea how much they were making from competitive food and beverage sales, and rarely were revenues adjusted for student attendance, therefore making it diffi cult to distinguish the impact of the regulations from the impact of fl uctuations in student enrollment.