[Margaret Pilkington]

Tealeaf, you must have got me mixed up with someone else.......I didn't mention MacDonalds, KFC or any of those franchises. I simply said that
many hospitlas in Oz offered some sort of food, gift and flower shops in their foyer........and that the Christie had a little cafe and a gift shop in its' foyer.......and I suggested that such outlets may bring the RBH some revenue to help them out of their current financial crisis....which would be better thancurtailing a hot meal service to patients.

In one of the big hospitals in Oz, there is a MacDonalds outlet.....and you know who are the most regular visitors....the kids having Chemo.....and they get their shakes and fries free......they go there with their families and you can see them with their drips and their bandannas.....and for some it may be the only thing they will eat while they are on these drugs. Yes we do have a problem with obesity, but as I have said in other posts on the subject, childhood obesity is a multi-faceted problem, which requires a multi-faceted approach.
After all, unless I am very much mistaken there is a KFC just across the Road from the bottom end of the RBH.....if folk really want to eat that junk, then they will go across the road.
If you check my post i don't recall mentioning burger vans.