DFNS Finances
School Revenue
Wild Card!
School Expenses
P&L Process
100

DFNS receives this dollar amount from the MCPS Operating Budget.

What is zero?

100

Income received from meal reimbursements, paid meals, a la carte sales, healthy bites sales, and catering are considered this.

What are REVENUES?

100

DFNS' goal is to operate with _______, meaning a total positive or neutral proft(loss) at the end of each year.

What is financial stability?

100

Costs of labor (including benefits and overtime), food, supplies, and other purchases are considered this. 

What are EXPENSES?

100

Managers are to review the P&L report at this frequency.

What is MONTHLY?

200

This makes up 73% of DFNS's revenues (aka our paycheck).

What are federal meal reimbursements?

200
Offering these Smart Snacks provides students a snack in addition to the reimbursable meal.

What are A la carte items?

200

This percentage of the DFNS budget is spent paying our incredible, fabulous staff members through salary and benefits. 

What is 50%?

200

Labor, benefits, and overtime are examples of this.

What is Labor Cost?

200

This is where Managers can find the link to review the P&L.

What is QUICKLINKS?

300

DFNS receives this amount in federal reimbursement for serving breakfast to a student qualifying for free meals.

What is $2.79?

300

Utilizing mobile grab and go carts to serve breakfast near where students enter is an example of this.

What is a strategy to increase breakfast participation (which increases revenues)?

300

Average Daily Participation (ADP), Revenues, Expenses, and Profit (Loss) are _____. 

What are Key Metrics?

300
Purchases from H&S Bakery, Keany Produce, DairyMaid, Culinary Ventures, Hersheys, and the DFNS Warehouse are examples of this type of expense?

What are Food Costs?

300

When a schools P&L report is in GREEN, the school is operating at a ______.

What is a profit?

400

DFNS receives this amount in federal reimbursement for serving lunch to a student qualifying for free meals.

What is $4.87?

400

The goal for each school cafeteria is to have revenues be equal to or _____ than expenses.

What is GREATER THAN?

400

Every dollar DFNS receives in revenue goes towards this.

What is invested right back into DFNS?

400

Ordering cups, lids, flatware, ranch trays, hotel pans, and baking sheets are an example of this type of expense.

What are Non-Food Costs?

400

When a schools P&L report is in RED, the school is operating at a ______.

What is a LOSS?

500

DFNS operates this type of financial account.

What is a non-profit enterprise fund?

500

DFNS Serving Model standards focus on food presentation and are considered this.

What is a strategy to ensure high food quality (which increases revenues)?

500

This is the dollar amount DFNS has to spend on food for each reimbursable lunch meal.

What is $1.95?

500

The goal for each school cafeteria is to have expenses be equal to or _____ than revenues.

What is LESS THAN?

500
If operating at a loss, managers will develop targeted strategies to increase _________, and decrease ________.

What are increase REVENUES, and decrease, EXPENSES?

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