To think a leftover happy meal isn’t the worst packed lunch you could have?

But the granny didnt send in cold half a maccers she sent in the full one. Cold yes but not half of one. Leftover as in the kid did not want it.

A member of staff at a school in Birmingham was sent to school with a Happy Meal box with a cold McDonald's burger and fries.
Their gran explained it had been bought the day before but the pupil hadn't wanted it so it was a "shame for it go to waste."

???

How can something be poor people prejudice when I see it with my own eyes, where I live and work? Had I said "I think people who are on the breadline waste it all on takeaways" that would be an assumption, based on prejudice. Had I said "all people on the breadline need to learn to budget better rather than waste it on take aways" that would be prejudice. I'm not sure how stating what I see happening, from many families who I know are struggling for money, is prejudice 🙄 There's no assumptions being made here, this is literally what we see day in day out.

Children hsving a McDonald's isnt lazy parenting many kids enjoy one
Giving a half eaten cold happy meal for lunch the next is pretty crap parenting.

Some of the poorest people I know actually send the best packed lunches much better than my cheese and wraps with some crisps, 3 fruits and veggies 😅 I’m more near old school samish and a yogurt and crips lunch.

We got poor people sending in actual
good leftovers from Wholesome meals. Also a huge olio area so hummus is easy and free.

Nah… that’s just poor people prejudice. Stereotyping that lots of people managed to leave behind shortly after binge watching Britain in 2006.

I think you’re going to claim McDonald’s and/ or other British fast food outlets sell food containing an “additive” not fit for human consumption, you should at least be able to name that additive so people can check

😂

Of course especially not even fresh hot take away for school lunch. I could maybe understand smuggling a double cheese burger in the fence of a secondary school 😂😂

But a cold left overs happy meal for school lunch. What 5 chips and 1 nugget? Thats so low even the pond scum is judging away.

Sadly though I know a lot of families on the breadline who live off takeaways. So many people don't know how to budget and meal plan these days. It's quite scary. People waste so much on expensive crap food and then wonder why they're so skint. I'm not saying it's the only reason they're struggling for money, but poor eating habits don't help sometimes.

Van Tulleken is a British scientist and what he says also applies in the UK.

I've posted quite a lot on this thread so probably going to leave it now. If you are actually interested, that book is a good popular science read.

What McDonald’s?

Children having fast food lazy parenting, you mad goat 🤣

It’s pure lazy parenting.

A kid in my sons class came in with cold oven chips with dried in ketchup. Feel sad for the kid

I don’t know why people are even talking about affordability or buying bread

mcdonalds aren’t known as the food of people in poverty who can’t afford anything else. Weird idea. It’s an extremely popular take away.

This exactly.

If you seriously only have £3.60 and you waste it on a Happy Meal, your child will go hungry the next day. Better to buy the ingredients for the 'miserable' sandwich, which will feed them for quite a few lunches that week.

I dont think they gave her geographical location precisely but in the article which I wrongly assumed you read it says this:
A member of staff at a school in Birmingham was sent to school with a Happy Meal box with a cold McDonald's burger and fries.
Their gran explained it had been bought the day before but the pupil hadn't wanted it so it was a "shame for it go to waste."

I think the nutritional element is almost secondary tbh.

A hamburger and cold chips or chicken nuggets a handful of times a year obviously isn't going to kill anyone. Provided it's been stored/chilled properly it probably won't cause food poisoning (although I feel a parent who would do this probably wouldn't take much care of food hygiene).

For me it's more the utter disrespect and lack of thought for the child. Knowing that you, as a parent, are giving them a meal that's cold and half eaten which is just disgusting. Knowing you're giving them a meal that will raise eyebrows with the teachers and make the other kids pity them or laugh at them. And knowing you're normalising this behaviour and sending them a signal that leftover food is all they can expect.

If that had happened out of absolute necessity in a time of deep crisis or trauma it would be sad but forgivable. But I just cannot imagine a scenario where someone would be able to scrape together the money for a Happy Meal, eat half of it and get it out of the fridge the next day but couldn't find it in their gift to buy a loaf of bread, butter it, stick some cheese inside and find a piece of fruit, just to reassure their kid that they were a priority.

By that logic a 360g bar of dairy milk contains over 1900 cals so is far superior nutritionally.

I think you should aim for a healthier packed lunch - McDonalds should be kept to a treat. I wouldn’t want my kids thinking it was an every day option.

And possibly I’m being a snob, but I would never send my children with something like this as I would worry what the teacher would think of me as it is quite lazy to chuck a leftover takeaway in the lunchbox as well as unhealthy. I would expect my kid’s school would send an all parent reminder home about the importance of balanced lunches - at least that’s what happens when someone sneaks a chocolate bar for break time…!

No it’s not - here’s a list of the ingredients of a cheeseburger happy meal. Yum!

Cheeseburger Bun EITHER:Allergen Ingredient: WHEAT Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Yeast, Emulsifier (Mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Allergen Ingredient: WHEAT Gluten, Preservative (Calcium Propionate), De-activated Yeast, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid). Potential Allergen Ingredient: N.B. May contain traces of sesame seeds, milk, barley and rye. OR:Allergen Ingredient: WHEAT Flour, Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Yeast, Emulsifier (Mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid). Potential Allergen Ingredient: N.B. May contain traces of sesame seeds, milk, barley and rye. OR:Allergen Ingredient: WHEAT Flour, Water, Glucose Fructose Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Yeast, Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid). Potential Allergen Ingredient: N.B. All the above may contain traces of sesame seeds, milk, barley and rye. Please note all our buns, rolls, bagels, tortilla wraps and flatbreads are toasted in the same toaster as buns topped with sesame seeds. Beef Patty 100% Pure Beef. No additives, fillers, binders, preservatives or flavour enhancers. Just pure forequarter and flank. A little salt and pepper is added to season after cooking. Cheddar Cheese Slice (processed) Vegetarian Cheddar (51%) (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Water, Vegetarian Cheese (9%) (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Whey Powder (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Butter (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Emulsifying Salts (Trisodium Citrate, Citric Acid), Allergen Ingredient: MILK Proteins, Natural Cheese Flavouring (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Salt, Colours (Beta Carotene, Paprika Extract), Anti-Caking Agent (Sunflower Lecithin). Tomato Ketchup 60% Tomato Puree (equivalent to 168g tomatoes per 100g ketchup), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Spice Extracts. Dill Pickle Slices Gherkins, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Firming Agent (Calcium Chloride), Natural Flavouring, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate). Onions 100% Onion. Mustard EITHER: Water, Spirit Vinegar, Allergen Ingredient: MUSTARD Seed (14%), Salt, Spices, Spice Extract. OR: Water, Spirit Vinegar, Allergen Ingredient: MUSTARD Seed (13%), Salt, Spices, Natural Cloves Flavour, Spice Extract. Buxton® Mineral Water (Still) - 250ml Buxton® Natural Mineral Water Natural Mineral Water. Apple & Grape Fruit Bag Fruit Bag 75% Apple, 25% Grape.

Where did I mention to buy loaves of bread, ham etc?

I said buy a pack of bagels.

And there's usually some cheese spread on offer that will hopefully make it under £3.60

I might be late to the party but one a happy meal is barely a meal to start with. Two cold fries and nuggets that are left over from a happy meal is not enough for a lunch full stop or even anywhere near nice.

Where did the granny come from?

It does that when its hot too but it is still something in a kids belly if it is a one off and the granny was stuck.