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The Abbey Group Made the News! Vermont Expands Free, Reduced-Price School Lunch Program

WCAX stopped by one of our accounts, the Barre Town School, to talk about new changes to the Free and Reduced lunch program here in Vermont! See below for the full story. Vermont expands free, reduced-price school lunch program Posted: Sep 03, 2013 8:47 AM EDTUpdated: Sep 05, 2013 5:00 PM EDT By Alexei Rubenstein – bio | email http://www.wcax.com/story/23323283/vermont-expands-free-reduced-school-lunch-program?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20wcax-home%20(WCAX%20-%20Vermont’s%20Own) […]

Written by AbbeyGroup on September 25, 2013. Posted in Abbey in the News, Uncategorized, VT Department of Ed

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What’s the deal with Garelick Farms?

We have recently switched brands of milk for all of our school accounts across Vermont, New York and New Hampshire from Hoods to Garelick Farms and some people are asking “so why the switch?” Let’s start with a little back ground on both companies. Both Hoods and Garelick started in Massachusetts and have since expanded […]

Written by AbbeyGroup on September 23, 2013. Posted in Announcements, Dishing Up Local, Education, Inside The Abbey Group

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First Time Kindergartners – Building Confidence in the Hot Lunch Line

We encourage parents to come and eat lunch with their child any time but if you can only make it to a single lunch during the year, we suggest going within the first week of school. It is common practice for kindergarten teachers to walk the students to the cafeteria on the first day […]

Written by AbbeyGroup on September 3, 2013. Posted in Announcements, Dishing Up Local, Events, The Abbey Feeds, Uncategorized

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Check Out this Abbey Group Shout Out on the Bennington Banners in “Roses to”

This weekend, the Abbey group was given a “rose” for their collaborative efforts with the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union in providing free school breakfast for all district students during the first two weeks of the school year from Sept. 3rd to 13th. This is different than most programs in the state by allowing everyone free […]

Written by AbbeyGroup on August 29, 2013. Posted in Abbey in the News, Announcements, Dishing Up Local, Inside The Abbey Group, The Abbey Feeds

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