These problems aren't easy to solve. The first is food regulation and safety law; the same applies to restaurants who serve buffet style as well. The second i

These problems aren't easy to solve. The first is food regulation and safety law; the same applies to restaurants who serve buffet style as well. The second isn't going away. Attendance is spotty at best in underperforming schools, in particular the ones that need free lunch the most. Many kids also won't eat some foods. The amount of waste just gets shifted from "too much prepared" to "not enough served food was eaten". The third is just an attempt to solve the second, but if there was a system of reservation in place, it would still be part of the problem- after all, what we're trying to solve is that parents aren't utilizing the already available free lunch programs because going through the means testing is too much effort for them.