Krispy Kreme & West Hill School

So while we all try to make our kids eat healthily and even school dinners have had a Jamie Oliver style make over, my little girls school have decided to have a Krispy Kreme Doughnut day (well actually this is apparently the 3rd one they have had in the past 12 months)!!!!

SCHOOL RULES SAY: CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED CAKES, CHOCOLATE OR SWEETS IN THEIR LUNCHBOXES

I have never had a Krispy Kreme doughnut but am told they are delicious and full of calories and fat - WTF........what gives the school the right to undo all of the good work most reposnsible parents are doing to try and make a few quid?

Am I over reacting?

It's not like we don't have the occasional McDonalds etc, but that is a treat.

The way the school are doing it means that the kids feel pressure to ask for money so they are not left out. I personally think it is out of order.

I would like to find out exactly how much the school makes out of this deal, is there a way of doing so under the FOI act?

What exactly are they going to do if the kids have sweets/chocolate in their lunchboxes? Steal it off them?

Find out where the money is going, maybe you can have a chat with the head?

I was thinking of finding out exactly how much they were making and whether it was a significant enough amount to warrant the pushing of these products on the kids.

The school is particularly bad in any case and never takes the kids on trips or anything.

whats a Krispy Kreme Doughnut?


edit....ohhhhhhh its just a brand name?


http://www.krispykreme.com/

Am I over reacting then?

[SoulKiss]

If they are being hypocritical over the "no sugary treats" yet letting KK into the school then yes.

KK products are, to me, the best of their kind - but thats because they ARE JUST fat and sugark, with a bit of flour to hold the fat and sugar together,

They also encourage you to buy more at a time, a single will cost over £1, whereas a box of 12 comes down to closer to 50p each.

Originally Posted by krhall

Am I over reacting then?

no......

I am not sure how the day would operate, but assuming a KC van comes round and the kids buy them ... and bearing in mind a single donut is ~?2, the answer is simple ... don't give your kids any money!!

Difficult that as you don't want your kids to feel left out, so it is almost peer pressure by stealth.

I just think it is wrong.........and I'm not too sure what to do about it?

Sounds pretty bad form to me. Not only encouraging them to eat junk but advertising the brand too (which imo is much more harmful).

Have you written to the school to complain?