In the US, the federal reimbursements starts at $0.37 cents for paid lunches and goes up to $6.37 for certain free lunches. That's in addition to additional grants and aid that is available at the state and district level:
Maybe things are worse in the UK or food is that much cheaper - but I suspect Jamie excluding certain funding sources for the sake of drama is more likely.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-26/pdf/2022-1...
Maybe things are worse in the UK or food is that much cheaper - but I suspect Jamie excluding certain funding sources for the sake of drama is more likely.