CHD Expert Evaluates The USA's Multi-Billion-Dollar K-12 Foodservice Industry

Chicago, IL – Waiting in the school cafeteria lunch line is a right of passage for most children in the USA. And while it may be trivial to students, the foodservice supply chain required to provide food to millions of students on a daily basis is an amazingly complex and sophisticated system. With the 2015 school year now in session, CHD Expert, the Chicago-based foodservice data and analytics firm, evaluates the foodservice landscape for public and private schools across the United States, providing insights into the Kindergarten to 12th grade (K-12) foodservice segment.

Foodservice industry suppliers interested in developing long-term business relationships with clients that buy in bulk should take a closer look at the education industry. Selling to public and private schools could prove to be a smart and profitable business decision. While some school districts might be facing the need to dial back their budgets, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011-12 public schools in the United States spent $12,401 per public school student enrolled in the fall including $443 per student for food services.

According to CHD FIND® (Foodservice Industry National Database) as of August 2015, there are more than 109,800 K-12 schools organized into more than 13,300 school districts in the United States. The primary school segment accounts for 83 percent of the K-12 market while secondary schools make up the remaining 17 percent. CHD Expert defines a primary school as an institution that teaches children from kindergarten to sixth grade, and secondary schools as institutions that teach children from seventh to twelfth grade.

In terms of ownership, 78 percent of primary schools are public or government-owned, 15 percent are private, and 7 percent are religious. The overwhelming majority of secondary schools (93 percent) are public. For a complete breakdown of the top 10 states with the largest number of schools by operation type, see Figure 1. Click here to see the full press release. 

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CHD Expert is the worldwide leader in collecting, managing, and analyzing data for the Away-from-Home Global Foodservice Market. For more than 20 years CHD Expert has been dedicated to Foodservice channel members successfully providing a global vision and an in-depth understanding of the industry (in Europe, The Americas, and Asia Pacific).

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Source:  CHD Expert