Police write 45 pages of lunch instruction - Scotland

upi ^ | Dec. 8, 2011

[JoeProBono]

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Police in Scotland have distributed a 45-page document to catering firms seeking to serve beat officers describing the desired contents of their lunches.

Lothian and Borders Police created the 10,000-word document in October to spell out the precise requirements for the sandwiches, chips and bottled water served to officers working the beat at Edinburgh soccer games, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.

The police, who have a budget of some $109,400 to spend on 7,500 packed lunches per year, said the sandwiches must be served on 11-inch baguettes, 75 percent of which must be on white bread and 25 percent on brown bread. The document includes a spreadsheet listing the acceptable sandwich contents, including brie, cranberry, smoked salmon, cream cheese and prawn mayonnaise.

The document states the sandwiches must be filled to "the standard size and weight stipulated by the British Sandwich Association."

Andrew Cave of the Federation of Small Businesses criticized the "onerous requirements" spelled out in the document and said many small businesses would be excluded from bidding for the catering contracts because "they simply don't have the time to go through all this."

[trisham]

Hey! My husband is Scottish, (with some Swedish and Irish). He was in Scotland last Spring and had haggis almost every morning. :)

[trisham]

I love Christmas. :)

[Bob]

He was in Scotland last Spring and had haggis almost every morning. :)

And what crime do he commit to receive that punishment? :=)

[Bob]

He was in Scotland last Spring and had haggis almost every morning. :)

And what crime did he commit to receive that punishment? :=)

[trisham]

Marrying me? :) I insisted that he go.

[RedMDer]

[Political Junkie Too]

Don't forget the "Extra Sugar" donuts.

-PJ

[moose07]

Okay, food prices. Here’s an example: Milk 2 pints= 0.80p , 1lb peanut butter =£1.49,
Loaf of precut bread =0.69p

41 items for £48.

That’s for a weeks groceries.If you know how to shop!

£15 of food from most take-out food places would be enough to feed two people to maximum capacity.

Regards

[Oztrich Boy]

said the sandwiches must be served on 11-inch baguettes, 75 percent of which must be on white bread and 25 percent on brown bread. The document includes a spreadsheet listing the acceptable sandwich contents, including brie, cranberry, smoked salmon, cream cheese and prawn mayonnaise.

Truth be told the cops eating them would probbaly prefer a four word description: "egg and bacon sarnies"

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

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[SamAdams76]

I prefer the plate lunches of Hawaii. Two scoops of rice, some meat or fish and a fried egg on top with some chinese noodles on the side.

[JoeProBono]