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Table 5 Intervention Costs

From: A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing nutritious meal kits and no-prep meals to improve food security and diet quality among food pantry clients

 

Group 1 (Meal kits)

Group 2 (No-prep meals)

Total

Per meal

Total

Per meal

Expected costs

$13,000.00

$4.42

$10,290.00*

$3.50

Actual costs

$5,404.20

$2.57

$12,222.00

$5.32

  1. $=United states dollar; *Expected costs include donation of 50% of the initial 2,940 meals, typically meals cost $7.00 per meal if purchased directly from the distributor
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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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