Overview
- New prices will be $3.75 for elementary lunches, $4.00 for secondary lunches, and $2.25 for breakfast across all grades.
- Families approved for free meals continue to pay nothing, and reduced-price meals remain $0.30 for breakfast and $0.40 for lunch.
- The adjustment applies to Department of Defense Education Activity schools outside the continental United States for the 2026–27 school year.
- Military exchanges operate the program overseas, with meals priced below actual cost and direct costs offset by DoDEA and USDA reimbursements.
- Officials say it is the first price change in four years, as the Exchange served about 3.6 million meals at more than 70 schools in Europe and the Pacific last year.