The lower price of tub buffets increased take-up of school lunches from 70 % to 90 % of students, but some parents complained that their children were being made to carry heavy food tubs to their classrooms, or were not eating their fill, or that the actual lunch menus had not improved. Six schools were excluded from the program because they were too far away.
桶餐價格低，學童訂餐率也從 7 成增加到 9 成，但實施後仍不能盡如人意，有的家長心疼孩子要輪流抬著沉重的湯桶、飯桶進教室，有孩子表示吃不飽，也有人認為菜色並未改善，另有 6 所學校因地處遙遠，無法加入。