Beth Gladstone | Journalist Profile

NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - When it comes to kids'lunches, we've come a long way from PB&J, an apple and a cookiein a brown paper bag.Beau Coffron, of Fremont, California, packs his daughter'sschool lunches in stainless steel containers that cost at least$20 a pop. He apportions all of her food into littlecompartments, making cartoon characters like Charlie Brown andanimal shapes such as tigers and llamas out of the ingredients.Her sports water bottles cost about $10, and the sack to carryit all came with the lunch kits but would retail separately forabout $25. href='http://blogs.reuters.com/beth-gladstone/page/4/' - http://blogs.reuters.com/beth-gladstone/page/4/ -