New company aims to bring lunches to kids in need

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1537" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;06&sol;SND16-wk2-Eat&lowbar;My&lowbar;Lunch&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND16-wk2-Eat My Lunch" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"280" height&equals;"241" &sol;>One in four New Zealand children lives in poverty and thousands go without lunch every day&period; A new start-up company&comma; Eat My Lunch&comma; has been set up to address these issues and make a change for the better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eat My Lunch is built around the mantra &&num;8220&semi;Buy one Give one&period;&&num;8221&semi; For every lunch bought&comma; Eat My Lunch gives a lunch to a Kiwi kid in need&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company was founded by Lisa King&comma; with the help of award-winning chef Michael Meredith&period; Their aim is to make it easy for Kiwis to help other Kiwis&comma; and in so doing&comma; help alleviate a nationwide issue by creating social change through something as routine as eating lunch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The more we hear about children in other countries&comma; who go hungry&comma; the easier it is to forget about children right here in New Zealand who live in poverty and go without lunch every day&period; We all know that kids struggle to concentrate and learn on an empty stomach&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Meredith says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We want to give Kiwis a chance to give back with something as simple as eating lunch&comma; which most Kiwis do every day&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just &dollar;10 pays for two lunches – one for you and one for a Kiwi kid who would usually not receive lunch&period; Eat My Lunch is working with KidsCan to provide lunch to children from low decile schools&comma; who experience food insecurity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An online service&comma; Eat My Lunch provides affordable&comma; wholesome lunches&comma; made fresh daily and delivered directly to workplaces and schools&period; There are five items in every lunch&comma; which changes every day&comma; focused around real food&comma; less sugar&comma; more veggies and nothing in a packet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eat My Lunch is Auckland based with the aim to grow the business nationwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delivery started on Monday&comma; June 8&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eatmylunch&period;co&period;nz" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">www&period;eatmylunch&period;co&period;nz<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;