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  • Full-day meals and snacks
  • Farmer’s Breakfast – $1.11
  • Chicken & pasta lunch – 89¢
  • Ham & eggs combos – 85¢
  • Southern BBQ dinner – 91¢
  • Tex-Mex breakfast – 88¢
  • 6 bacon & eggs combos – 48¢
  • Ham, egg, cheese souflee – 45¢
  • 4 waffles breakfast combos – 78¢
  • 2 oatmeal breakfasts – 78¢
  • Cereal, yogurt, juice breakfast – 87¢
  • Baked chicken dinner – 59¢
  • 4 Hot dogs lunches – 54¢
  • Salmon & asparagus dinner – $2.19
  • 3 Spaghetti dinners – 89¢
  • BBQ rib tips dinner – $1.38
  • Sausage Jambalaya – 88¢
  • Red beans & rice lunch – 80¢
  • Soup & sandwich lunch – 60¢
  • Soup & salad lunch – $1.05
  • Franks & beans lunch – 98¢
  • Stuffed tomato lunch $1.99
  • Pizza lunch – 65¢
  • Carnitas stew – $1.52
  • Chicken Enchiladas – $1.81
  • Quesadillas, rice & beans – $1.18
  • Low-Cost Tacos – 90¢
  • 2 roast pork dinners – $1.63
  • Honey fried chicken – 47¢
  • Teriyaki stir fry – $1.90
  • Chili Mac lunch – 64¢
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