A fiver's worth of food for £30.

[the other bob wilson]

This is a disgrace.

https://twitter.com/RoadsideMum/stat...46428084760576

[Former Labour leader]

I really dont like using the word, but I absolutely 'hate' what the Tories are doing to our people.

[dml1954]

I really dont like using the word, but I absolutely 'hate' what the Tories are doing to our people.

The fact that these food parcel contracts are organised by Local Education Authorities, quite a few of which are Labour controlled, has nothing to do with it I suppose, in your world.

[the other bob wilson]

The company responsible for providing the catering in Concept House (BSO in Newport) when I worked there was called Compass who are part of the group of companies owned by the rip off merchants supplying those food parcels. Compass took over the contract at BSO after I’d been there a couple of years and used a lot of the staff who were there with the previous contractors- they all used to say that Compass was a much worse company to work for and no one I knew out of the office workers had a good word to say about them - prices went up within a month or so of them taking over.

[surge]

The company responsible for providing the catering in Concept House (BSO in Newport) when I worked there was called Compass who are part of the group of companies owned by the rip off merchants supplying those food parcels. Compass took over the contract at BSO after I’d been there a couple of years and used a lot of the staff who were there with the previous contractors- they all used to say that Compass was a much worse company to work for and no one I knew out of the office workers had a good word to say about them - prices went up within a month or so of them taking over.

Don't they also run the food stands at our stadium?

[the other bob wilson]

Don't they also run the food stands at our stadium?

Yes, although I think their ten year contract has probably run out now - my previous experience of them was one of a few reasons why I decided I wouldn’t be using the bars or food stalls in the new ground.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Nice work if you can get it. No doubt Feedback will be on here to show how well the private sector is doing so well to provide that amount for the price.

[Former Labour leader]

Don't they also run the food stands at our stadium?

Certainly used to. I seem to recall Ridsdale arranged a contract with them. 🙄

[Former Labour leader]

The company responsible for providing the catering in Concept House (BSO in Newport) when I worked there was called Compass who are part of the group of companies owned by the rip off merchants supplying those food parcels. Compass took over the contract at BSO after I’d been there a couple of years and used a lot of the staff who were there with the previous contractors- they all used to say that Compass was a much worse company to work for and no one I knew out of the office workers had a good word to say about them - prices went up within a month or so of them taking over.

My daughter worked for them for a while years ago. Wages were minimum, food portion control fierce!

[A Quiet Monkfish]

This is a disgrace.

https://twitter.com/RoadsideMum/stat...46428084760576

Not defending the company in the slightest, but one photograph of 1 in possibly 100,000's of deliveries. Would suggest some less over-reaction and perspective before the rants go over the Richter scale, but then again this is CCMB..

[lardy]

Not defending the company in the slightest, but one photograph of 1 in possibly 100,000's of deliveries. Would suggest some less over-reaction and perspective before the rants go over the Richter scale, but then again this is CCMB..

Mods please delete what I'm about to post.

I’m getting individual permission from everyone sending me pics of their food boxes in my DMs to repost them here but without identifying information because I try to be responsible with this large platform and there are ~children~ involved here.

Disclaimer done, now get angry.

— Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook) January 12, 2021

[Allez Allez Allez]

Not defending the company in the slightest, but one photograph of 1 in possibly 100,000's of deliveries. Would suggest some less over-reaction and perspective before the rants go over the Richter scale, but then again this is CCMB..

Of course, this isn't happening. Neither is the pandemic. Is it?

[Rjk]

Not defending the company in the slightest, but one photograph of 1 in possibly 100,000's of deliveries. Would suggest some less over-reaction and perspective before the rants go over the Richter scale, but then again this is CCMB..

looks like it is pretty widespread

[life on mars]

Not defending the company in the slightest, but one photograph of 1 in possibly 100,000's of deliveries. Would suggest some less over-reaction and perspective before the rants go over the Richter scale, but then again this is CCMB..

[Cleve van Leef]

Not defending the company in the slightest, but one photograph of 1 in possibly 100,000's of deliveries. Would suggest some less over-reaction and perspective before the rants go over the Richter scale, but then again this is CCMB..

Doesn’t matter one iota if it’s one photograph or a hundred it’s just plain SCANDALOUS. How you can actually defend this is mind boggling.

[Rjk]

Doesn’t matter one iota if it’s one photograph or a hundred it’s just plain SCANDALOUS. How you can actually defend this is mind boggling.

and it seems to be hundreds

[Pedro de la Rosa]

and it seems to be hundreds

Jack Monroe has 600 examples alone.

[the other bob wilson]

Politicians, and Marcus Rashford, getting involved now;-

https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...-meal-packages

[blueblade]

I think she wanted the £30 in vouchers so she could get some beer & fags!

[surge]

I think she wanted the £30 in vouchers so she could get some beer & fags!

The twitter page Lardy has posted above includes this snippet:

"The vouchers were a good idea. They were BLOCKED from being spent on age restricted products, like alcohol, lottery tickets, cigarettes."

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

The twitter page Lardy has posted above includes this snippet:

"The vouchers were a good idea. They were BLOCKED from being spent on age restricted products, like alcohol, lottery tickets, cigarettes."

The Salvation Army did great work at Christmas giving out vouchers to needy families but they were restricted to certain shops and couldn't be used to buy tobacco or alcohol. Don't see anything wrong with that.

[Rjk]

https://twitter.com/YesCymru/status/...192597504?s=19

doesn't look as bad in Caerphilly though

[Pedro de la Rosa]

https://twitter.com/YesCymru/status/...192597504?s=19

doesn't look as bad in Caerphilly though

As FLL says, the Welsh gov are doing it through the public sector, England is it privatised, and surprise surprise, it has gone to a Tory donor who is trying to make a quick buck. They are absolute scum.

[Former Labour leader]

https://twitter.com/YesCymru/status/...192597504?s=19

doesn't look as bad in Caerphilly though

Yes, well done to Wales Government for funding kids meals properly, and not waiting for Marcus Rashford to tell them to.

[xsnaggle]

Om PM on BBC they have clarified this, saying the box was not supposed to constitute 2 weeks food or £30. The company providing have isssued a staement that the value of the "Hamper" was £10 and have accepted that "in this instance" the quality and quantity were not up to standard and this will not be repeated So let's see if it is?