[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

But if it's a private company they have to make a profit, otherwise there would be no point in doing it.

I don't know, maybe it's cos our primary schools don't have canteens, it just seems strange that people expect schools to be responsible for kids diets, that should be the parents job imo.

It IS the parents job, but when they are at school theres nowt you can do about it. Kids arent allowed to come home for lunch anymore (at seniors they get half an hour or so out of school...so technically they could come home but I mean younger kids)

A lot of parents probably dont even know about the junk their kids are eating...its not often you ge a full answer from a kid when you ask what they had for lunch, and a lot would hear 'cucumber' and think thats fine...not knowing it was 2./3 slices . And some cant even afford to change it, not everyone can afford to make packed lunches daily...so their kids HAVE to eat what the school provide. Which IMO should be healthy...especially with everyone so up in arms about obese children etc.