[Newsbot]

Title: Caterer says no profit in serving healthy school meals
Category: Health
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2011-09-13 20:52:54
Canadian

[martin14]

$1:

But Dr. Yoni Freedhoff of Ottawa's Bariatric Medical Institute says schools should be setting an example by offering healthy foods.

It's not much of an example if no one shows up to buy it.

'cut off your nose....'

[Freakinoldguy]

Welcome to the new Soviet Union. You will eat what we tell you, when we tell you and you will like it.

Your body belongs to the state.

[peck420]

The healthy is in the lunch I packed them...where's the problem?

[bootlegga]

martin14 martin14:

$1:

But Dr. Yoni Freedhoff of Ottawa's Bariatric Medical Institute says schools should be setting an example by offering healthy foods.

It's not much of an example if no one shows up to buy it.

'cut off your nose....'

Too bad you didn't actually post his quote - it makes a lot of sense.

$1:

"The fact that kids are going across the street to buy crap is not an argument to sell crap in the schools," Freedhoff told CTV. "They can buy tobacco in the stores as well, but I don't think that would be a good thing to sell in the schools even if it made schools a profit."

[bootlegga]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Welcome to the new Soviet Union. You will eat what we tell you, when we tell you and you will like it.

Your body belongs to the state.

You make it sound like there is someone holding a gun to kid's heads and forcing them to eat broccoli.

Nobody is forcing the kids to eat healthy food, they are just eliminating fast food and junk food from the cafeteria.

Like the doctor in the article said, just because kids can buy cigarettes across the street is no reason to sell them in school for the sake of profitability.

[martin14]

And as a result, the contractor says ' no thanks '

Good business....

[bootlegga]

martin14 martin14:

And as a result, the contractor says ' no thanks '

Good business....

C'est la vie!

Besides, schools are not a business. Sometimes the right path is more difficult than the easy path.

[herbie]

There's an Alternate Ed and an Adult Ed in our building, a high school across the street. Do you know how many times I thought of closing my computer business and selling candy bars, chips & pop instead?
Five people have tried to open Mom & Pop cafes but can't get their shit together to
a) make a fucking hamburger & fries within an hour's lunch break
b) clue in that kids don't fucking want a 'quick lunch' of egg/chicken/tuna sandwich on brown bread for $4.99 and no one else does either (note that all five diners and convenience stores in the entire town have an identical selection of egg/chicken/tuna salad sandwiches on brown bread for $4.99 available Mon-Friday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm including the 2 that sell them stale until 7:00 pm)
c) supplement their sales by actually being open at dinner, on weekends or holidays when adults will pay good money to go out and eat.

When an employee leaves, I usually spring for a lunch and get pizza, cake, pop and a little gift. Last long weekend the kid who worked after school was off to college so Friday I went out to get stuff around 11:00 am. The pizza place had a sign CLOSED FOR LONG WEEKEND. That meant the horrid pizza place... also CLOSED FOR LONG WEEKEND. The bakery for a cake: CLOSED FOR LONG WEEKEND. WTF? I'll get Chinese for everyone: CLOSED FOR LONG WEEKEND.
Got a card at the supermarket and burgers from a shop that just re-opened that day under new owners. They were going to be CLOSED FOR LONG WEEKEND, but decided to train themselves over the weekend as it would be slow (when everything else is closed....). Took 1.5 hours to get 6 burgers and fries. Because it was busy, there were TWO other people trying to get lunch at the same time.
Live in the big city? Got half a fucking clue? There's massive opportunity for anyone up north. Slung burgers at the PNE? You got more skill than anyone Beyond Hope. Lnow the numbers on the box are important, not the colour of the box? Got more skills than any warehouse person Beyond Hope. Know that the money's in tips, not minimum wage? Got more knowledge than any waiter/waitress Beyond Hope. Know that stores are open until 9 because the customers have to work until 5:30? You're smarter than any retailer Beyond Hope.

[BeaverFever]

I agree with Bootlegga, if the kids decide to go elsewhere, who cares, at least the school isn't pushing junk. If the contractor walks, someone will surely pick up the contract to receive regular reliable payments from a recession-proof government client.

Better yet, the school should pay the caterer a fixed amount to provide the healthy food free to students. Then lets see if those kids choose to spend money on food; I bet they'd rather eat good food for free and save their cash for other things, like beer and drugs.

[2Cdo]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

Then lets see if those kids choose to spend money on food; I bet they'd rather eat good food for free and save their cash for other things, like beer and drugs.

Now that's funny!

[herbie]

I went to school a long time ago.
I always wanted to bring a good home style lunch just like all my relatives brought to work.
Hunk of French bread, slab of provolone, chunk of soprasetta and a thermos of wine.
But NOOOO! They made me buy doughnuts and french fries in the cafeteria!


BTW 40 years later, I still can't pass up a maple longjohn...