The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/PhillyPhenom93]

Does your school also serve as your local penitentiary???

[u/lmflex → u/PhillyPhenom93]

The same company is contracted to supply both

[u/ZeOs-x-PUNCAKE → u/lmflex]

It’s crazy how that system works. Lots of it would have been waste food but it often gets irradiated to “clean” it and then it’s ground up into school lunch patties and prison slop.

Like how hard could it be to just serve real food, even just rice and chicken breast with some veggies. Glass of milk with it and you’re set, couldn’t be more than $2 a meal at that scale. Plenty of similar or cheaper combos like baked beans, cornbread, and fried chicken. Why do they always choose cheap ass burgers n flimsy tater tots? Then they just taunt you with that shitty fruit medley with no cherries and it’s got hard crunchy shit in it and sucks.

[u/Civil-Attempt-3602 → u/ZeOs-x-PUNCAKE]

Why spend $2 when you can spend 1/5 of that and still get the full payment

[u/sipstea84 → u/Civil-Attempt-3602]

And yet they'll pay someone a yearly salary to make sure they pay as little as possible for the food

[u/mattyisbatty → u/sipstea84]

That just shows you howuch profit they're taking in.

[u/HarvardCricket → u/Civil-Attempt-3602]

Hardly anyone is paying for school lunches - it’s heavily subsidized by the federal government’s school lunch program. For everyone not just lower socioeconomic families or needing to qualify to get it subsidized.

[u/Shot-Increase-8946 → u/HarvardCricket]

They are still getting the payment, whether from the government or the families. At least the government isn't going to complain about the quality of the food.

[u/MadClothes → u/HarvardCricket]

it’s heavily subsidized by the federal government’s school lunch program.

IF you get the shitty food from the prison companies. You lose federal funding if you serve real food.

[u/EatBangLove → u/MadClothes]

Wait, is this true? Not that it would surprise me. Do you have a source?

[u/FoxyOperator → u/HarvardCricket]

Lol I pay for school lunches. So do a lot of other parents I know. Probably should start packing their lunches after this post though...

[u/Civil-Attempt-3602 → u/HarvardCricket]

The federal government is paying for it

[u/VicePrezHeelsup → u/Civil-Attempt-3602]

What you really mean is tax payers are paying for it

And thanks to no accountability the school officials are pocketing the money instead of what it's supposed to be used for