Food Parcels

DellyBelly

Hi All,

Was looking at the following article on the irish times http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/dublin-soup-run-tackles-food-poverty-in-the-suburbs-1.2440059 about charities sending out food parcels to disadvantaged people in Ballyfermot and it got me wondering is giving these people a domino's pizza such a good idea. Pizza can't be the most healthy option for families especially kids and second of all if they are to give out pizzas surely they could get a cheaper brand from 1 of the supermarkets. No wonder charities are constantly looking for extra funds.

What do you think?

jamesbere

Did you even read the article, Dominoes donate the pizza's

kettlehead

The pizzas are donated by a local franchise on a Monday. Let them enjoy their pizza.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Grub is grub far as I'm concerned.

seamus

If you send them hummus and celery it'll go in the bin.

Pizza will get eaten, children won't go hungry.

gramar

I got a pizza in Domino's a few months back. Never again. Absolutely brutal...a few bits of tasteless toppings that were more like droppings on a crap base. They are doing the poor no favours.

kfk

Ffs she is worried about food in the presses and she is ready to pop another sprog out!

I appreciate what the OP is saying, but think the warmth and comfort and "excitement" of a pizza is exactly what these kids need. Yes, it does them little good nutritionally, but it's like saying we shouldn't send them to, say, visit Santa in some grotto where they can forget their lives for a few minutes...because it's not an educational outing.

donegaLroad

seamus wrote: »

If you send them hummus and celery it'll go in the bin.

Pizza will get eaten, children won't go hungry.

funny, I was about to mention that chick-peas would have a much higher nutritional content than pizza, so hummus might be a good idea..


or porridge and banana for example

spurious

A couple of free classes in a community centre -make your own pizzas. Make about five for the price of a large Dominos. As a handout option food parcels work, but not long-term.

syklops

Deleted User wrote: »

I appreciate what the OP is saying, but think the warmth and comfort and "excitement" of a pizza is exactly what these kids need. Yes, it does them little good nutritionally, but it's like saying we shouldn't send them to, say, visit Santa in some grotto where they can forget their lives for a few minutes...because it's not an educational outing.

Or the church complaining they arent learning about the coming of Arnold.

A couple of free classes in a community centre -make your own pizzas. Make about five for the price of a large Dominos. As a handout option food parcels work, but not long-term.

Once again, Dominos donate the pizza so it costs nothing. Communinty Classes and ingredients cost $$$

The Sidewards Man

kfk wrote: »

Ffs she is worried about food in the presses and she is ready to pop another sprog out!

More children = more benefits.

donegaLroad

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

More children = more benefits.

and more benefits = more children

c_man

Why the continual references to running low on food after the weekend? Am I missing something really obvious or is it just a reference to it being a week since the last delivery?

LDN_Irish

c_man wrote: »

Why the continual references to running low on food after the weekend? Am I missing something really obvious or is it just a reference to it being a week since the last delivery?

It's because all the single mammies and their fellas who pretend they don't live there spend all their money on reefers and cans of Dutch on Friday and then eat everything in the presses during a 48 hour munchies session, only taking breaks to have a quick baby making sesh for more benefits in 9 months time. So there does be no food left by mundee Joe, so there doesn't.

I might have been on AH too much recently.

syklops

LDN_Irish wrote: »

It's because all the single mammies and their fellas who pretend they don't live there spend all their money on reefers and cans of Dutch on Friday and then eat everything in the presses during a 48 hour munchies session, only taking breaks to have a quick baby making sesh for more benefits in 9 months time. So there does be no food left by mundee Joe, so there doesn't.

I might have been on AH too much recently.

And the liveline forum.

c_man

LDN_Irish wrote: »

It's because all the single mammies and their fellas who pretend they don't live there spend all their money on reefers and cans of Dutch on Friday and then eat everything in the presses during a 48 hour munchies session, only taking breaks to have a quick baby making sesh for more benefits in 9 months time. So there does be no food left by mundee Joe, so there doesn't.

I might have been on AH too much recently.

And with their kids running wild for the weekend, joyriding and stabbing old women right? :pac:

seamus

spurious wrote: »

A couple of free classes in a community centre -make your own pizzas. Make about five for the price of a large Dominos. As a handout option food parcels work, but not long-term.

Dominos deliberately overprice their pizzas because they hand out 30-50% discount codes out like confetti. There's a big thread on the bargain alerts forum.

Dominos practically encourage the proliferation of these open-ended massive discount codes because people feel like they're getting a bargain when in reality Dominos are still making a killing off the discounted price. Even better if some poor idiot walks in off the street and pays €30 for two pizzas.

Do rural areas have 'food poverty' or more correctly nutritional poverty or is it only in certain areas of Dublin.

LDN_Irish

mariaalice wrote: »

Do rural areas have 'food poverty' or more correctly nutritional poverty or is it only in certain areas of Dublin.

Just Dublin. Everyone in Not Dublin is living off the fat of the land.

And massive EU subsidies.

Big farmer heads on them.

sonny.knowles

I'd love to see a breakdown of family budget and spending for this family. Do either of the parents smoke or drink for example?

c_man

mariaalice wrote: »

Do rural areas have 'food poverty' or more correctly nutritional poverty or is it only in certain areas of Dublin.

Yeah they have it too, but they get Supermacs instead of Dominos.

drdeadlift

spurious wrote: »

A couple of free classes in a community centre -make your own pizzas. Make about five for the price of a large Dominos. As a handout option food parcels work, but not long-term.

I make my own pizza,once you learn how to theres no turning back

jamesbere

c_man wrote: »

Yeah they have it too, but they get Supermacs instead of Dominos.

I'd rather starve

suicide_circus

Give a man a dominos pizza and he will become lethargic, obese and develop type 2 diabetes.

suicide_circus

suicide_circus wrote: »

Give a man a dominos pizza and he will become lethargic, obese and develop type 2 diabetes.

Could be worse. Could be Special K.

jimgoose

mariaalice wrote: »

Do rural areas have 'food poverty' or more correctly nutritional poverty or is it only in certain areas of Dublin.

No. We can just reach out the window of the kitchen or car and grab a fisht of hammy arse from a passing pig.

sonny.knowles

suicide_circus wrote: »

Give a man a dominos pizza and he will become lethargic, obese and develop type 2 diabetes.

So one pizza causes obesity and type 2 diabetes? What a load of tripe. Unless it is a 50 inch pizza.

LDN_Irish

sonny.knowles wrote: »

So one pizza causes obesity and type 2 diabetes? What a load of tripe. Unless it is a 50 inch pizza.

Give a man a load of 50 inch tripe and he'll start taking posts on boards very literally.

corner of hells

DellyBelly wrote: »

Hi All,

Was looking at the following article on the irish times http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/dublin-soup-run-tackles-food-poverty-in-the-suburbs-1.2440059 about charities sending out food parcels to disadvantaged people in Ballyfermot and it got me wondering is giving these people a domino's pizza such a good idea. Pizza can't be the most healthy option for families especially kids and second of all if they are to give out pizzas surely they could get a cheaper brand from 1 of the supermarkets. No wonder charities are constantly looking for extra funds.

What do you think?

Dunno but we have pizza night in the homeless hostel I work in every so often. Everyone loves pizza .

sonny.knowles

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Give a man a load of 50 inch tripe and he'll start taking posts on boards very literally.

I suppose posters should be able to post any old ****e being passed off as 'fact'.

sonny.knowles

corner of hells wrote: »

Dunno but we have pizza night in the homeless hostel I work in every so often. Everyone loves pizza .

Pepperoni?

Fr_Dougal

Dominos? Well la dee da, no recession there!

sonny.knowles

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Dominos? Well la dee da, no recession there!

Even free dominos?

Buona Fortuna

spurious wrote: »

A couple of free classes in a community centre -make your own pizzas. Make about five for the price of a large Dominos. As a handout option food parcels work, but not long-term.

Give a man a fish ...

That idea is so simple and given the amount of courses that seem to be run on total shoite.

Run the course and give away the ingredients at the end - ask if people can afford to pay they leave five quid in the box on the way out.

Job done.

ElleEm

Dominoes are actually pretty good like that. I work for a homeless organisation, and once a year, Dominoes give our project ten pizzas that we can get at any time. It is a really nice thing for our clients.

Fr_Dougal

spurious wrote: »

A couple of free classes in a community centre -make your own pizzas. Make about five for the price of a large Dominos. As a handout option food parcels work, but not long-term.

Yeah you hear about people complaining about being on the breadline, yet they can afford €5 a head/€20 for a family of four for a chippers with very little nutritional value. Spend that money on meat and vegetables and you'll cook a decent meal.

Hammer89

When did Ballyfermot become like Sudan?

Jesus Wept

how do I get a pizza

Billy86

spurious wrote: »

A couple of free classes in a community centre -make your own pizzas. Make about five for the price of a large Dominos. As a handout option food parcels work, but not long-term.

You'd make way more than 5, depending on the toppings. I was making a bunch of them a few years back and I think I worked out the cost of a plain pizza with cheese and sauce to something like 65-70c. Sure, people want toppings also but the great thing with pizza is you can just pick whatever random spare bits you've got in the fridge or presses to go on top.

So comparing a 70c cost against a €15 ( :rolleyes: - for that sh!te!? ) large cheese and tomato pizza from Dominos, you could make 21 pizzas for the same cost!! Likely about the same for pepperoni as they come to €20!

How in the blue f*ck can Dominos charge so much for absolutely awful pizza, by the way? I don't know what size Milano pizzas come in, but having just taken a check they are considerably cheaper! In most parts of the world Dominos gets by on giving a lower price point than competitors, but in Ireland somehow it's seen as "premium". Madness.