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bretto2004 t1_j725rbz wrote

Reply to comment by CauliflowerNervous12 in Move over frozen nuggets, kids prefer farm-fresh school lunches by davster39

Our schools had a canteen for chips and popcorn and pizza, but we've never had "school lunches".

I always wondered why ppl just didn't pack their own lunch, especially since school lunches were always complained about (in every movie I've watched, anyways)

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ExactPanda t1_j729h6z wrote

In the US, at least, school might be the only time they're getting meals. Many children qualify for free breakfasts and lunch. Food is expensive. Mom or dad might be working multiple jobs to stay afloat and don't have time to cook, or might not know how. They might live in a food desert without access to a real grocery store, and all that's around is a convenience store or gas station.

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bretto2004 t1_j72bpbf wrote

>food desert

This is the one thing i have to tell myself that not everybody has.

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FriscoeHotsauce t1_j72j6tj wrote

Packing your own lunch is expensive. School lunch when I was growing up was ~$1.50. It wasn't good, but a lot of kids / families relied on those inexpensive meals. It was also one of the reasons my family went to church youth nights on Wednesdays, the meals were like $2 a person and didn't require the time to make them.

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RosenButtons t1_j73f1xd wrote

Yeah. Even the full-price lunch was super inexpensive because it was subsidized.

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