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  • FRAC’s bogus SNAP Challenge
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  • Weekly Meal Planner!
  • *Full-day meals and snacks
  • *Chicken & pasta lunch – 1.59¢
  • *Southern BBQ meal – $1.57
  • *Hot dogs lunch – 68¢
  • *Grown-up Grilled Cheese – $1.46
  • *Baked chicken dinner – 1.06¢
  • *Ham & eggs combos – 1.15¢
  • Tex-Mex breakfast – 1.90¢
  • *8 bacon & eggs combos – 72¢
  • *Eggs & Sausage b’fasts – 87¢
  • *Farmer’s Breakfast – $1.75
  • *Ham, egg, cheese soufflé – 1.43¢
  • *4 waffles b’fast combos – 1.87¢
  • *2 oatmeal breakfasts – 1.30¢
  • *Cereal breakfasts – 94¢
  • *Pasta meals – 1.22¢
  • *Egg salad sandwich – $1.25
  • *Sausage Jambalaya – 1.31¢
  • *Red beans & rice lunch – 1.01¢
  • *Soup & sandwich lunch – 97¢
  • *Soup & salad lunch – $1.58
  • *Franks & beans lunch – 1.57¢
  • *Stuffed tomato lunch – $1.97
  • *Pizza lunch – 99¢ to $1.16
  • *Veggie Tex-Mex – $1.20
  • *Honey fried chicken – 1.45¢
  • *Chili Mac lunch – 1.08¢
  • *Chicken Enchiladas – $1.98
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