dinner money

[stephen2504]

my 4 year old son has just started school is 8 pound a week about right for school dinners just seems a bit steep to me

[boobesque]

Yep, they recently went up again!

[mumof3angels]

my kids schools charge �1.75 a day- they can choose what days they want dinners on- they just take the money in on that morning. Mind you my kids usually take packed lunches.

[~Wingnut~]

Ours have just gone up to �9 a week from �8.10. Tis a bit steep really but all the meals are made from scratch and produce bought from local suppliers, so that is why it is so much that and to pay my wages too ;o)

[B00_two]

so basically wiggal, you're paying for something you've been paid to make?

That's so wrong, lol.

[B00_two]

wiggal? i did of course mean wingy....sorry hon

Banned accounts are obviously doing me no good!!

[donbella]

oh thats steep compared to my daughters school its only 6 pound a week

[6758]

My kids have to pay �2.20 and its typical shcool canteen food (the stuff they make songs about).... None of this made from scratch and local produce for mine, hence they rarely take dinners, only in winter time!!!!

ps... this is a school which insists the kids have to eat fruit for break because it is healthy and then offer them deep fried chips for lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~Wingnut~]

Hey B00! You've been banned to the dungeons? Tut what you done now?? ;o)

My daughters both have packed lunch (or at least the younger one will when she starts school next week) as I can't afford for them to have school dinners all the time. I admit it is quite steep (I know that some parents aren't happy that it has gone up by so much, this shows by the numbers I have cooked for today and yesterday) Although from time to time the eldest one has been allowed to have a week of dinners, but not often. She always has them if there is a special day like teddy bears picnic or Xmas dinner :o)

[enigma]

My daughter's school charge �1.20 per day but i'm not impressed with a lot of the unhealthy choices, which is why I very rarely send her school dinners.They do offer a three course meal though which is superb but I just wish that sometimes the food could be healthier. Still at that price, I suppose I can't really grumble compared to what some schools serve up and in fairness, the starters are usually quite healthy.

At her last school (we moved two years ago), the dinners cost �1.30 per day but the quality in food was astounding for that price. Not only did they have nutritious, healthy meals, they also had a food trolley filled with fresh fruit and veg which they could help themselves too and were allowed to choose from a variety of breads ranging from wholemeal and pitta bread to ciabatta. This also included fruit juice , milk or flavoured milk. �9 though? �2.20 per day? Makes me realise how lucky I am.

[DotH]

I can remember taking 2 coins knotted in the corner of my hanky to school every week to pay for the school dinners, there were 4 of us and so it must have been alot for Mum and Dad to pay every week. I think they were 2 half crowns but I am not sure. How much would that have been these days?

[annie0000]

It is �1.85 a day at our school - they follow the "Hungry for Success" programme which provides heathly choices including fish etc. They are very good, but are cooked offsite, which tends to mean that they are a bit overcooked by the time they arrive. My kids being fussy little things take packed lunch which considering the amount they eat, probably costs me just as much!

[yinyang]

Our's probably work about the same as Annie's, as I think we live not too far from each other. My girls only have a dinner once a week, packed lunches the rest of the time.
Their school has a rule that once they've finished the ' main' part of their food, be it school dinner or packed lunch, they are allowed to take sweets or crisps out into the playground but nothing else. That means that because the girls want to have as much playtime as possible I'm not popular with them if I give them fruit or home baking because they have to stay inside with it. Just seems a bit at odds with the healthy eating policy.

[spanner7853]

cheaper to make sandwiches even though it's the bane of my life.

[tracymort]

Yes that's how much my boys' cost, and we are the cheapest in town.
I don't mind though the cost though, they have organic dinners (very tasty too) and the kitchen staff were trained at the Dinner Lady school at Ashylns Organic farm.

[annie0000]

Hi YingYang - we are in Stirling - are you close?

[yinyang]

Hi, annie. We're not far from Hamilton so we're close enough to you to be able to compare notes on the lousy central Scotand weather. x

[annie0000]

Not today though yingyang - I am catching up with my washing big style at the moment - Mr annie is a bit annoyed about all the ironing though (segregation of duties!) - sorry for the hi-jack stephen! ;0)

[mrsjones]

u think thats expensive wait untill he brings home a note asking 4 milk...

[atrixo]

Do Infants still get free milk in the morning school break ?
or was that just in the 1970's?

[Neilzulu1]

Maggie Thatcher stopped all the free milk when i was in junior school at the very end of the 80's.