Some schools have taken this to extremes, and now run what is virtually a bed-and-breakfast service.
Since the Ritz-Carlton Residences are under the same roof as the Ritz hotel, they come with hotel-like amenities that are unusual for Los Angeles buildings, including 24-hour room service, valet parking and a daily breakfast service in a private lounge.
Dinners in the smart onboard restaurant have an unmistakably outback flavour, with kangaroo fillet on the menu, while Platinum Service passengers can order 24-hour room service and breakfast in bed.
Set in the fabulous Palm Court, where Eloise most certainly takes her breakfast, the formal service comes with Champagne and tiers of finger sandwiches and sweets (Curried Lobster Salad with Local Apple, Smoked Salmon with Wild Sturgeon Caviar, Pate de Fruit with Gin Rickey Sugar, Amarena Banana Financier, and Jazz Age Chocolate Bon Bons).
There, he was part of the launch team for the World Today, the service's breakfast news and current affairs programme.
When we visited new Five-Star winner Mandarin Oriental, Boston, for example, everyone from the housekeeper to the bellhop knew our name, and the room service attendant who delivered breakfast suggested we take a house umbrella on a rainy day before we even thought to do so ourselves.
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And so, especially since the 1960's, several federal food assistance programs are now in place to provide a safety net for needy families including SNAP, National School Breakfast and Lunch, the Summer Food Service Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and WIC.
"School catering facilities may well move to an open all hours type of service, offering hot and coldd foods from breakfast to supper, " said Mr Wasson.
Earlier in the morning, he and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a breakfast at the White House with "Gold Star" families of service members who have been killed.
Complimentary extras include a full breakfast buffet each morning, in-room wi-fi, fireside tea and cake service in the lobby every afternoon and fresh fruit delivered to rooms daily.
Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said agents performed the same screening procedures on the Dardens that were used for other breakfast guests.
After being screened by the Secret Service, Harvey and Paula Darden of Hogansville, Georgia, were led into a lavish invitation-only breakfast where they met the president and the first lady.
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