school lunch rip off

bride_on_a_budget

Hi,

my son has school dinners and they ocst £1.70, lately he has been coming home saying he had a jacket potato and beans/chicken for lunch , which i thought was ok until he showed me how much he gets. half a potato and one measley scoop of beans.
i went into the school and they said this is a normal size lunch for a 10 year old.

am i being stupid or ripped off! i mean £1.70 witha small cup of water and a small choc biscuit.

bride

annie_d

Ripped off?

RoxieW

Thats a poor show - is it like that every day and are there other options for him to choose from?
My boys have school dinners and there's a choice of 2 main meals, sides, a salad bar, bread, hot and cold puds and choice of drink ie milk/water/juice etc. It's organic/locally sourced (where possible) and costs £1.80 per day. The school sends a menu home. Can you get a menu from the school? A jacket and beans should be as well as a main meal ie omlette/meat dish etc not just on its own. I wouldnt pay £1.70 for that.

annie_d

Sometimes in establishments i find that the menu is not actually reflected in the food served.

bride_on_a_budget

we do get a menu sent home, but its often changed at the last minute

todays option was:
ham and pineapple pizza and scoop beans (all gone by the time son got there)
1/2 jacket potato with scoop beans
small heart shape biscuit
small pot fruit

small cup of water (i give him extra for fruit juice)

they normally have a 2 choices of a main meal but by the time my sons class gets there all thats left is the potato.

i would give him packed lunch but he doesnt like bread or pastry or fruit but loves veg
bride

leiela

Yes i've recently been looking at my kids dinner's more closely after my 7 year old comes home ravenous daily.

Yesterday he complained that his school provided lunch was sandwiches ... 1 slice of bread with 1 slice of ham, with abit of lettuce on the side, followed by a yogurt !!!! and im paying £1.75!!! :mad:

I went in to complain this morning and was told the same "thats it's concidered adequate" After a talk to the boys about what they normally get im seriously concidering moving them to packed lunch's at least i'll know they are getting a reasonable amount.

No offence but my boy's have good metabalisms half a flipping sandwich and a yogurt is not enough to see them from 9am till 3pm no wonder they are starving when they get home.

bride_on_a_budget

leiela wrote: »

Yes i've recently been looking at my kids dinner's more closely after my 7 year old comes home ravenous daily.

Yesterday he complained that his school provided lunch was sandwiches ... 1 slice of bread with 1 slice of ham, with abit of lettuce on the side, followed by a yogurt !!!! and im paying £1.75!!! :mad:

I went in to complain this morning and was told the same "thats it's concidered adequate" After a talk to the boys about what they normally get im seriously concidering moving them to packed lunch's at least i'll know they are getting a reasonable amount.

No offence but my boy's have good metabalisms half a flipping sandwich and a yogurt is not enough to see them from 9am till 3pm no wonder they are starving when they get home.

this is what i am saying, he has just come home now and he is starving, they only had lunch at 1.15pm , has a good breakfast and now he wants pasta chicken and veg for tea.

i thought the whole point of cooked school dinners was that they could have a smaller meal for tea

bride

Kaz2904

Not being funny but the reason most people have school dinners is so that they have the choice of a cooked meal at lunch time. We put DD onto them for a week when we ripped out our kitchen so we knew she was being fed properly.
I expect most people would be able to russle up 1/2 a ham sandwich and a youghurt for less than £1.75!

bride_on_a_budget

i ma going shopping in a bit so i will see what i can get for packed lunches using the same money i pay for school dinners, dont know what i will bring back but i will post on here later
bride

Mojisola

bride_on_a_budget wrote: »

i went into the school and they said this is a normal size lunch for a 10 year old.

This wouldn't be enough for the 10 year old boys I know!

kitschkitty

well half a jacket potato is the recommended portion, and so is one scoop of beans, so really they should be providing another 3 portions of fruit or veg to even reach the 5 a day target!