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created by bpkiwi on 03/02/2025 at 02:25 UTC
1797 upvotes, 271 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by SomeRandomNZ at 03/02/2025 at 02:30 UTC
883 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Our local school didn't have it arrive until ten to three! Disgusting.
Comment by MoeraBirds at 03/02/2025 at 02:42 UTC
373 upvotes, 8 direct replies
My daughter’s comment was ‘the beef stuff was quite nice’ so there’s a win.
I had low expectations but she apparently ate it and liked it.
She confirms that’s what her lunch looked like.
Comment by cressidacole at 03/02/2025 at 02:46 UTC
204 upvotes, 9 direct replies
I'm sure this has been answered before, so I'm sorry for asking - why isn't it a pre-packed sealed sandwich or wrap, akin to something you would see in airport, or Boots if you're familiar with the beloved UK meal deal.
A piece of fruit, a sandwich, something like a muesli bar, chilled water dispensers. Bosh.
You can cover gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan - which, by the way, covers most religious restrictions too, unless there is a need for the kitchen to be strictly approved as well.
Kids could even pre-order the week before to reduce waste, and as they'd be sealed and chilled, excess could be re-distributed.
Surely that can't be harder than whatever this is.
Comment by ShuffleStepTap at 03/02/2025 at 02:37 UTC
207 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Have the people putting these meals together ever had anything to do with children? Anything at all?
Comment by JamesSaga at 03/02/2025 at 02:52 UTC
84 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Govt have cancelled all local contracts, centralised to one company (compass) to save money.
Made the meals and service so bad so that people "they hope" will want to stop the lunches all together.
Finally they had a gag order on schools so they couldn't talk about it.
Comment by arcboii92 at 03/02/2025 at 02:34 UTC
326 upvotes, 3 direct replies
To the next generation of Kiwis,
We don't give a flying fuck about you.
Kind Regards,
The Current Govt.
Bring back the woke sushi. This shit looks disgusting
Comment by Significant_Glass988 at 03/02/2025 at 03:09 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Fuck ACT
Comment by late_to_reddit16 at 03/02/2025 at 02:58 UTC
160 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Step 1: swap tasty nutritious food for this mud.
Step 2: kids aren't eating it, it's all getting thrown away.
Step 3: ah well they mustn't need lunches after all.
Step 4: remove lunches.
Step 5: tough cookies little ones, your parents should have worked a little harder.
Step 6: many kids don't thrive at school as a direct result.
Step 7: our education system is failing us! Privatization will fix it! (Oh and it's also the teachers fault).
Comment by sleemanj at 03/02/2025 at 02:27 UTC
68 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Potato, meat loaf and a sheeps brain?
Comment by ctothel at 03/02/2025 at 03:09 UTC
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It's really interesting to find out what "not woke" means.
Comment by Expressdough at 03/02/2025 at 02:43 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Think I lost my appetite for the week.
Comment by normally-wrong at 03/02/2025 at 03:05 UTC
27 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is intentionally made disgusting and set up for failure.
Comment by iconix_common at 03/02/2025 at 02:32 UTC*
86 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I am ashamed that this has even become a thing in our NZ schools. That food is so awful that it makes the worst airline meal I ever had look gourmet.
Comment by ContentCalendar1938 at 03/02/2025 at 02:55 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Please sir Seymour may I have some more
Comment by Jolly-Cartographer-3 at 03/02/2025 at 03:11 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Duncan Webb and other Labour MPs are asking for photo evidence of these lunches.
Comment by NZAvenger at 03/02/2025 at 02:47 UTC
28 upvotes, 3 direct replies
What the fuck is that?
Comment by bpkiwi at 03/02/2025 at 02:28 UTC
75 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Taste test notes : Potato is generic mash, tastes like it might be from powder. Meat is shaped soggy beef mush with very few veggie bits mixed in, cooked to look like a patty. Sauce is the only palatable part, tastes like generic bottled tomato / bbq sauce.
Comment by frogmousecat at 03/02/2025 at 03:15 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
When I was growing up, it was all about 5 a day and having a free piece of fruit in the morning. Are there any nutritionally valuable vegetables in these meals? I can't see any green in this or the last publicly shamed meal
Comment by New_Combination_7012 at 03/02/2025 at 02:37 UTC
44 upvotes, 5 direct replies
One of my boys goes to a school that provides lunch. Guessing he gave it a hard pass again today. The amount of wasted uneaten food is going to be shameful.
Why did someone who obviously has no experience with young children ever be given the opportunity to have input on selecting what they should eat?
Comment by Legitimate_Bass_1720 at 03/02/2025 at 02:37 UTC
19 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Looks like a cirrhotic liver. They could use a NZ school lunch for a PSA about the dangers of long term alcohol abuse
Comment by geossica69 at 03/02/2025 at 02:41 UTC
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
my dog's food looks more appealing than this :/
Comment by realclowntime at 03/02/2025 at 02:55 UTC
18 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Kids being forced to eat as though the Germans are flying overhead 💀
Comment by StarbugLlamaCat at 03/02/2025 at 03:20 UTC
19 upvotes, 2 direct replies
My son is Year 13 and eats almost anything. He said this tasted disgusting, he and his friends couldn't eat it and if they could it's still not enough food. He ate the lunch on Friday, it was also disgusting and he was starving. This kid is 190cm and 65kg soaking wet. He doesn't generally eat huge portions.
I told him to just take lunch from home instead, and he asked if I could buy extra food so he can take some for his friends as well whose families can't afford it. Otherwise these kids go hungry. Something is definitely not right here.
Comment by Repulsive_Radish_ at 03/02/2025 at 03:11 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Is this company going for some world record of most thrown away food. Even if it was delicious, kids eat with their eyes and all three of my kids wouldn’t even try that. I’m the first one to defend these lunches but this one has crossed the line.
Comment by Senior-Conversation8 at 03/02/2025 at 03:23 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Looks like it washed up after a storm.
