Yes, I heard that kids now have to bring their own snacks or foods to school or else no free lunch.
We've been doing this since my daughter1 started Kindergarten. That was 6 years ago.
Fortunately our current elementary school offers a program where you buy direct from a company who prepares a box of all the necessities and they ship it directly to the school so you avoid doing the shopping yourself. We didn't use this shopping method for our daughter1 (wish we had though) but we are using it for our daughter2 and it's so less stressful. It's also cheaper too.