Free school meals - need the press to pick up on this

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Shameful

all TheQueef I can also make lies to stir up a bit more so I need answer to my questions so please somebody.

I can’t stop staring at this picture which was bought for 20 pounds by a campaigner on Twitter. I don’t think I would have been clever enough to do this family shop.

According to Twitter the CEO used to advise Cameron's government on Business.

They are also saying, "Oh no, this isn't typical, what school is your child at" so trying to cover themselves.

One of many things about this is that Morrisons have 'food boxes' for £30 so it is easy to compare.

They have to make a bit of profit, that's how they pay staff to do it all in the first place.

I get meals on wheels, in my area anyone can request them, I get a hot meal and pudding delivered, with a friendly smile.

The council makes a small profit after paying staff, the upkeep of the vans that cook the food, the admin staff etc.

That's a council.

I pay £5.10 a day. I believe there are lower rates if you are referred from social services.

Yesterday I had braised beef, mash and green beans followed by apple crumble.

If a council can provide 5 meals and puddings for under £30 I'm sure a company can make up food boxes with enough food to make 5 meals.

It’s £15 per child if vouchers are provided. Schools can claim £3.50 per child per meal if hampers are provided.

Our local schools do hampers rather than vouchers. Don’t think there have been many complaints (just the usual parents who complain about everything)

Interestingly if meals are provided in school the food element of the meal is meant to be about 80p the rest goes on wages etc

Beanz feedz no one in this case. How many kids are these for? Our school have only just issued last weeks vouchers. Kids will be at home eating more as well, this won’t last.

Make a bit of profit, there’s making a bit then there’s taking the piss

Its a very small amount of food for £30.
I'm so tired of companies using tax payers money to make huge profits at the expense of the people they are supposed to help.

Just an aside regarding school meals, The actual cost of A primary school meal is between 80p - £1, the rest is spent on staff and equipment etc.

Jacket potatoes, baguettes and pasta bakes cost far less, but the roast dinners and lasagnes for example can cost quite a bit more so it usually evens itself out.

If you have vouchers but it stated on them they couldn't be used on booze and fags. Similar to the healthy start vouchers, only can be used on any food, this would be a much better idea.

Sorry cross posted with @ineedaholidaynow

It is Chartwells. We had similar box and it was Chartwells. Except we didn’t get the bananas and had only one carrot. We had three potatoes compared to their two, but they smell bad.
The pasta was very welcome as DD loves it.

Can’t believe that cost £30! Does anyone know if it comes from the school budget or does government pay it?

I see people not happy with vouchers because they can’t have the food delivered or need to take the bus to the supermarkets and they can’t have parcels because they are embarrassed and do not know how to cook. Now they do not want fruit because they prefer crips but beans are not good.

This is the guidence to schools www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance

Schools are advised to send home food parcels if possible- to keep the people at the catering companies employed....otherwise what will they do? And if the catering companies go under who will provide the meals after this is over....

Please fact check before getting up in arms as I'm sure what was pictured is for a week.

Why do catering companies have to make a profit? Because we use private companies to supply schools and private companies are profit driven. (If you think this is wrong then vote appropriately at the next General election.)

@Mumdiva99 exactly vote the Tories out. They would rather keep their rich mates happy than give a monkeys about children in poverty.

all Mumdiva99 Thanks! very helpful.

Twitter is the most toxic social media ever.

@Mumdiva99

Genuine question, can you clarify which “facts” you think are wrong? I’m confused.

Utter SHAME!! on them!!! Disgusting!

They're talking about it on BBC news at the moment.

I'm getting nothing from my sons high school I can get a packed lunch from my other sons primary school but he doesn't eat what they put in so its a waste

I work in a school and we sell a pot of plain pasta for £2. The. If you want sauces or cheese etc that costs more. But I can buy a bag of pasta for like 30p from Aldi and that will feed me for 5 days easily. So yes, it always costs more because you have to pay for the staff, the cooking equipment etc. A packed lunch for fsm is a sandwich, a piece of fruit and a cookie or a yoghurt so those pictures do look like a weeks packed lunch for a school. So the issue is not the quantity of the food, it’s the cost and not being good value for money. But hey that’s what happens when you outsource everything to private companies.

So which non profit companies are people happy to provide the food parcels? God forbid they ever met a Tory in their life as know. The government said not to companies who pitched? Records?

One of my DC receive these school meal parcels. I really hope I don't sound ungrateful here, but it really isn't very much or very nutritious.

For 5 days -

One serving pack of udon noodles
6 rolls with same day date
1 yoghurt
300g block cheese
1 tin tuna
1 old looking potato
2 Apple's
2 oranges
2 sachets mayo
2 green peppers
1 tin sweet corn
1 tin meatballs

@notevenat20 That is stupidly done - probably a virtue signalling twitter user - what is the use of buying loads of reduced fresh stuff, when the money is supposed to be for a week's food.

@blueangel19

I see people not happy with vouchers because they can’t have the food delivered or need to take the bus to the supermarkets and they can’t have parcels because they are embarrassed and do not know how to cook. Now they do not want fruit because they prefer crips but beans are not good.

umm, the vouchers can be used on the online shop?

No reason why not, and we get them and use them every week.

Do schools usually get £30 per pupil for those entitled to fsm?

Per week