Profit hungry
May 20th, 2006
Boo-hoo. It seems the “Jamie Oliver effect”, parents becoming aware of the poor dietary provision of school dinners, has had a knock-on effect for Turky Twizzler producer Solarest, in the shape of falling profits.
Even when all the furore was going on about this last year, no-one seemed to mention the complete failure of schools to provide adequate meals. They shrugged away the idea of healthy food with the cost restrictions they faced. And pointed to the abject failure of government at any level to take its responsibility seriously.
Healthy body, healthy minds, anyone?
The lessons taught and money spent on healthy living in the face of rising obesity levels were completely ignored when faced with the reality of making things cheaply. The only thing that was healthy was the profit margin for the companies happily supplying unhealthy food.
Thankfully though, we live in Devon, where healthy food is in abundance. And just over a year ago, innovative Riverford Organics started working in conjunction with a local primary school to provide proper food. Now, how is that getting on?
Posted by Cptn
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