TABLE 3.

Changes in Food and Beverage Sales Revenues After Implementation of Legislation Requiring School Nutritional Standards Among Middle and High Schools (n = 11): Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC) Study, California, 2004–2005 to 2007–2008

	No.	Mean Change per Student per Day, $a	No. of Schools with Increases ≥ 5%	No. of Schools with Decreases ≥ 5%
Total food service revenues	11b	.37	10	0
Meal revenues	11b	.43	10	0
À la carte revenues	10c	−.09	3	6
Net food service revenues (profits)	8d	−.18	2	6
Non–food service competitive food and beverage venue net revenues	5e	−.02	1	4

^aBased on average daily attendance.

^bOne of the 12 HEAC schools did not provide any usable financial data.

^cOne of the 11 schools that did provide usable financial data could not provide separate data for à la carte revenues; total revenue may include revenues from sources other than meals or à la carte.

^dExpenditure data were only available from 8 of the 11 schools.

^eData are only given for 5 schools because 3 schools removed all vending machines, 1 school did not have non–food service sales at either time point, and 3 schools did not provide usable data.