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Stricken students accuse university of ‘profiting’ from pricey food deliveries

The deal includes a cold breakfast, cold lunch and a meal which has to be heated - but students who are quarantining because of the coronavirus pandemic have claimed that the ingredients per portion cost less than £3.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2020-10-07 17:23
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Hundreds of students have signed a petition pointing the finger at Lancaster University for “profiting” from locked-down, self-isolating students – by charging them £17.95-a-day to have meals delivered.

The deal includes a cold breakfast, cold lunch and a meal which has to be heated – but students who are quarantining because of the coronavirus pandemic have claimed that the ingredients per portion cost less than £3.

“These parcels… are the only practical way for many to get supplies, given a shortage of delivery slots,” the petition, started by Kyle Westrip on Change.org, states.

‘Harship’

“By charging such extortionate prices for supplies, lancaster university is adding an additional layer of hardship to an already deeply unpleasant situation.

“Charging unacceptably high rates for food delivery will exacerbate the health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, making those with symptoms less likely to isolate, and more likely to break the rules,” the petition continues.

“It is also disadvantaging already vulnerable groups; many international students lack any cookware and will be forced to use this service, and many more have disabilities which prevent them from safely receiving online deliveries.”

My uni charging £17 a day for food if you have to isolate is an absolute shambles. How can they expect everyone on budgets to be able to afford that??

— Bhav (@bhavreetkd) October 6, 2020

Square meal?

A document shared by the university shows the set menu, with meals such as beef casserole available for dinner, wraps for lunch and pancakes for breakfast.

Lancaster University said that the price had “deliberately been set below normal dining-in restaurant and cafe offer, despite additional costs of delivery and disposable containers”.

It added that the university had provided students with information regarding alternatives such as supermarket delivery, and said they had kept the price as low as possible without compromising on quality.

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