'Manufacturing shortfall' forces school lunch supplier to outsource 40% of meals

'Manufacturing shortfall' forces school lunch supplier to outsource 40% of meals
A picture of the cancelled mac and cheese meal, which upset parents shared on social media. (Source: Reddit)
Cécile Meier
"Manufacturing shortfalls" are forcing the School Lunch Collective to outsource about 40% of meals this week, which don't appear to meet nutritional standards.The School Lunch Collective (SLC), led by the Compass Group, has been under heavy scrutiny since the start of the school year, as principals have complained about the rollout of the cut-price programme.'Flexi meals' On Monday morning, the SLC told schools it was "expanding its range of meal suppliers" to address "manufacturing shortfalls".&nb...

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