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Purchasing Fun Facts
Compiled using data from the 2004-2005 school year


20 ounce bottles of soda purchased (not including Value Meals or vending) 60,779 bottles
#1 flavor –               Mountain Dew 18,445 bottles
#2 flavor –               Diet Mountain Dew   4,586 bottles
Number of plain Snickers bars purchased in the Korn Krib and Normandy alone 2,100 bars
Top Lunchables flavor sold in Korn Krib: Turkey & Cheddar 874 packages
#1 Snapple flavor last year: Diet Peach Tea 666 bottles


Top Ten Items DS bought last year:
Fresh lean ground beef: 19,250 pounds
Half pints of 2% milk: 197,915 cartons
5 gallon dispenser packs of fat free milk: 3103 dispenser packs
(15,515 gallons)
5 gallon dispenser packs of 2% milk: 1,913 dispenser packs
(9,565 gallons)
Shredded cheddar cheese: 9,540 pounds
Chicken Strips: 5,832 pounds
Fresh strawberries: 7,608 pounds*
Popcorn chicken: 5,520 pounds
Cooked chicken meat (for soups, etc): 6,000 pounds
Sliced deli turkey: 4,730 pounds

*this is especially remarkable since fresh strawberries are served only a few months out of the academic year: late March – April and the month of September


Other Interesting Notes
  • We used nearly 30,000 gallons of dispenser milk last year.
  • We served more than 16,000 burgers at the Normandy and over 27,000 at DS.
  • A big upset in the cereal race this year...low fat granola came in first!
    Second place went to Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms came in third.
  • We sliced and ate nearly 6,000 pounds of sliced tomatoes last year.
  • Teresa Heinz Kerry would be proud; we used 831 gallons of ketchup (just for condiment use, not including recipes) at DS last year.
  • Nothing sticks around here: we used over 900 cans of pan coating (Pam-type spray)
  • The 9,290 loaves of white bread we used pales in comparison to the 15,000+ dozen white hamburger buns used.
  • Favorite veggie? Super-sweet whole kernel corn, hands down. We served over 8,000 pounds of it last year.
  • We used nearly 3,000 pounds of bulk butter last year; this is the butter that is used only in recipes (not for spreading on toast, etc).
  • Did you have a salad last year? We ate nearly 10,000 pounds of salad bar lettuce mix.

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