In the 1990s soft drink and fast food companies began offering school districts, or individual schools, various deals for selling their particular brand within school boundaries to the exclusion of others.
Businesses use schools to sell their products to schools using the following schemes:
Soft Drink Sales Junk Food Sales School Fundraising Coupon Redemption
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