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School Dinners
Most people know with the recent media intrest that the limit on a school dinner is 37p, however school dinners tend to be a great deal more expensive. Does anyone one where the rest of the money goes and if school dinners can be greatly improved with an extra 10-15 pence is there aint logical explanation why the price can't be slightly raised?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I work in a school and as far as I understand, some of the money goes to pay the kitchen staff, some is spent on maintaining and buying equipment, and the school gets a few pennies per meal for their administration time. l think that the rubbish they serve up is disgraceful (e.g. since when have tinned spaghetti hoops been a vegetable??) We have seen combinations such as macaroni cheese with reconstituted mashed potatoes and sweetcorn....hmmmm!
We surveyed our parents once and most said they would be prepared to pay a little more for better food, and bigger portions for the older children.