5 day old sandwich! WWYD?

[AmandaKDT]

Hi,
I didn't want to get off topic, and you may already know this, but just in case you ever want to change things...
I provide all the food here, to keep any gluten crumbs away from my daughter. It keeps my stress level down if I don't have to worry about crumbs/gluten. Anyways, during the process of getting licensed, I had to submit a sample menu for approval. After that was approved, my coordinator mentioned that I'm allowed to charge for meals, as long as the parents have the option of sending their own food. So in my policy, I explain that I provide the meals for $x, or parents can send their own food, as long as it's gluten free, meets the canada food guide standards, and doesn't contain any other foods that my regular daycare kids are allergic too.
I mentioned this to my accountant, and she's got her kids in a licensed home daycare as well. Her daycare charges almost $5 per day for food.

Are you funded and accept subsidy? I could clarify the rules of it again with my coordinator, but I was never really interested in providing food anyway so I just decided to have parents provide it.

[superfun]

Are you funded and accept subsidy? I could clarify the rules of it again with my coordinator, but I was never really interested in providing food anyway so I just decided to have parents provide it.

Yes, I am funded. I had never thought of charging for food, until my coordinator suggested it. I don't think it came easily for her, suggesting I charge for food. It seemed like something they shouldn't tell us about, but wait for us to suggest it. Does that make sense? I can't think of the right way to describe it. She was very careful with her words. She never actually said "you should charge for food" She said other daycares did it, and as long as the food is healthy the parents are happy to pay it. And it was totally allowed, as long as I also give them the option to send their own food instead. And I'm allowed to say that I don't allow gluten, etc during daycare hours.