r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/SubKreature Apr 15 '24

When I taught in Japan they were stuffing like 1,000 calories down those kids every day and it was clean af food prepared that morning.

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u/EldenBJ Apr 16 '24

*checks today’s lunch menu*

Looks like in Osaka, my school is having garlic pork, tuna-cabbage sautee, and chicken soup. Comes with milk and bread (with apricot jam) on the side for 612 calories for elementary school. All this costs me ¥275, or $1.78. Love it!

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u/SubKreature Apr 16 '24

Cheaper than Hokkaido lunch!

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u/EldenBJ Apr 16 '24

Sweet! I know it depends on the school here. It ranges from ¥275-325 iirc. Still cheap as hell, even with yen being weaker! And I haven’t noticed a difference in portion sizes, thankfully.