I’ve heard that food served in American schools is bad because of the fact that it’s either fast food corporations taking the spotlight or outsourcing the labor to third party contractors (the same ones who make food for inmates across prisons) but fed towards kids.

Yep, that’s actually the case for them. As comments like: “the food kids are fed at school is exactly prison chow” are said. The company under contract makes the same “slop” inmates eat then ship that at schools for kids (seriously, what are they feeding them?)

In comparison:

  • How good is cafeteria food at school in your country?
  • Is the food quality actually good as if it’s “home made”?
  • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    When I started high school in Germany, there wasn’t even a cafeteria. You could only buy some snacks or crappy pizza slices from the caretaker. During lunch break, students mostly ate food they brought from home or went to some nearby food places. Later on, they built a proper cafeteria and the food there was pretty decent. It was provided by a local catering company and you had the choice between 2 different menus each day (vegetarian and non-vegetarian). There was a decent variety, it usually contained fresh vegetables and it tasted fine. Personally, I wouldn’t say it was as good as home-made, but I guess that depends upon your home.

    I haven’t been to a US school or a prison, so I can’t really compare it to those. Though from what I’ve read, prison food isn’t particularly bad here either, so maybe it’s not even that different, IDK.