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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2024 9:00:12 GMT
So excluding menu options that a large proportion of people would choose is 'inclusive' now?
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Post by Merseymike on Jul 26, 2024 9:34:36 GMT
Six events, a year - catering should be easy. No problem.
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Post by Crimson King on Jul 26, 2024 10:19:13 GMT
In the Jewel we don’t get any food or drink for council meetings now, which is a pain but ho hum. Forcing food on people which they may not like, let alone prefer, for events where people are invited in, rather than doing their job as councillors is the very opposite of inclusive
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Post by johnloony on Jul 26, 2024 10:35:57 GMT
The councillors who voted for it should be disqualified on grounds of insanity.
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Post by Foggy on Jul 26, 2024 17:14:25 GMT
Forcing food on people which they may not like, let alone prefer, for events where people are invited in, rather than doing their job as councillors is the very opposite of inclusive I don't think the article makes any mention of forcefeeding.
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Post by nyx on Aug 2, 2024 2:17:03 GMT
A vegan buffet organised in May for the new mayor had "saved a fairly significant amount of money", he said.
Sounds like this is the real reason. Makes sense for a public body that's funded by the taxpayer to save money where possible and where it doesn't cause harm to do so, after all.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 2, 2024 5:22:58 GMT
The "Free From" section in supermarkets and health food shops always seem, if anything, more expensive than food on other aisles. Do council events get some sort of special discount?
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 2, 2024 8:59:27 GMT
The "Free From" section in supermarkets and health food shops always seem, if anything, more expensive than food on other aisles. Do council events get some sort of special discount? "Buying in bulk".
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Post by hullenedge on Aug 2, 2024 9:14:30 GMT
The "Free From" section in supermarkets and health food shops always seem, if anything, more expensive than food on other aisles. Do council events get some sort of special discount? "Buying in bulk". The old UDC never missed an opportunity for a banquet. Tables groaning with food and multiple courses. The menus were printed in the local press and, surprisingly, the electorate never complained.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 2, 2024 9:49:01 GMT
The old UDC never missed an opportunity for a banquet. Tables groaning with food and multiple courses. The menus were printed in the local press and, surprisingly, the electorate never complained. Not if they were invited anyway.
Ah, the days when councils had their own bar for the councillors.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Aug 2, 2024 12:15:21 GMT
The "Free From" section in supermarkets and health food shops always seem, if anything, more expensive than food on other aisles. Do council events get some sort of special discount? The catering was probably cheaper because they knew so many people wouldn't want the muck, so they bought less in the first place.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 2, 2024 21:21:31 GMT
The "Free From" section in supermarkets and health food shops always seem, if anything, more expensive than food on other aisles. Do council events get some sort of special discount? The catering was probably cheaper because they knew so many people wouldn't want the muck, so they bought less in the first place. Slightly tortuous logic there J G
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Post by Foggy on Aug 2, 2024 21:48:51 GMT
The catering was probably cheaper because they knew so many people wouldn't want the muck, so they bought less in the first place. Slightly tortuous logic there J G Not to mention crediting a local authority with an extraordinarily high level of frugality and forethought.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Aug 3, 2024 13:27:56 GMT
The catering was probably cheaper because they knew so many people wouldn't want the muck, so they bought less in the first place. Slightly tortuous logic there J G Based on experience. I remember when Sheffield changed what it provided in meetings. They could have gone with something like tomato sandwiches, but instead there were strange brown jobbies that you didn't know what they were until you bit into, then had to discreetly look for somewhere to spit them out. The result was that most of the stuff provided was left uneaten.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 3, 2024 13:29:50 GMT
Slightly tortuous logic there J G Based on experience. I remember when Sheffield changed what it provided in meetings. They could have gone with something like tomato sandwiches, but instead there were strange brown jobbies that you didn't know what they were until you bit into, then had to discreetly look for somewhere to spit them out. The result was that most of the stuff provided was left uneaten. Past buffet performance is no guide to future culinary experience
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Post by tonyhil on Aug 3, 2024 15:54:41 GMT
I hope they weren't actually jobbies.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Aug 3, 2024 17:00:18 GMT
Based on experience. I remember when Sheffield changed what it provided in meetings. They could have gone with something like tomato sandwiches, but instead there were strange brown jobbies that you didn't know what they were until you bit into, then had to discreetly look for somewhere to spit them out. The result was that most of the stuff provided was left uneaten. Past buffet performance is no guide to future culinary experience Culinary experiences may go down as well as up.
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