School dinners

[d000hg]

Having an hotel in my past plan B , I know a bit about overheads. Mass catering on school level quality would add 25p to 30p max for staff, utilities depreciation etc per meal. If I was paid £1 per meal I could come up with much better. On the other hand if profit is my motive, I could show a nice loss on each meal costing £2.00; all I need to do is add on supervision and administration charges. I would not be surprised if the local authority claimed it cost them £3.80 or more for each meal.

Are the council outsourcing this to a catering company? If so they have to make a profit... one counter-argument to DA wishing private companies were used for a lot more stuff... whereas a public sector service can run profit-neutral (in theory).

Lunches as an optional extra though, I don't see them making a profit as being wrong as long as poorer kids are given them for free (actually that could be another reason it's £2, to subsidise the free meals?)

[Sysman]

Are the council outsourcing this to a catering company? If so they have to make a profit... one counter-argument to DA wishing private companies were used for a lot more stuff... whereas a public sector service can run profit-neutral (in theory).

Lunches as an optional extra though, I don't see them making a profit as being wrong as long as poorer kids are given them for free (actually that could be another reason it's £2, to subsidise the free meals?)

Well, the kitchens at my direct grant school (so independent of the council) weren't allowed to make a profit. When they did have excess funds they got ploughed back into kitchen machinery like the dishwasher that featured a conveyor belt.

That dishwasher was quite a thing to behold in the sixties.

[Old Hack]

Quite powerful this social media you know:

School dinner ban overturned

[MarillionFan]

Quite powerful this social media you know:

School dinner ban overturned

Shame. These council members should have had some training on CUK General. CUKKERS never back down even when in the wrong.

[Old Hack]

Shame. These council members should have had some training on CUK General. CUKKERS never back down even when in the wrong.

Death before dishonour


Sooky council types pffft

[SimonMac]

Shame. These council members should have had some training on CUK General. CUKKERS never back down even when in the wrong.

I'm sorry but you will never ever find me apologizing for anything!

[NickFitz]

Spot the difference: the council's statement at 10:53 this morning (as rescued from the memory hole) v the council's statement at 14:19 this afternoon with the addendum "This statement supersedes all other council statements on the matter already issued."

[mudskipper]

Looks like the publicity has given her fundraising a bit of a boost.

Martha Payne is fundraising for Mary

[MarillionFan]

Looks like the publicity has given her fundraising a bit of a boost.

Martha Payne is fundraising for Mary

Guaranteed she Jamie Oliver does a program with her and her school is visited.

[scooby]

Guaranteed she Jamie Oliver does a program with her and her school is visited.

I've just said this! He did tweet her this morning. I suspect he is out of the country playing with the fat yanks, otherwise he'd have been all over the TV today as it just gives to weight to his fight. That, and he is a father too, and I suspect he would be outraged by this.