Junk food contraband

[CBC News]

Some high school students are making money by selling junk food out of lockers at their Burnaby school despite a provincial ban on junk food sales now in effect in all B.C. schools.
The three Grade 11 students — who asked to be identified only as Weeman, The Fern and Goggles — told CBC News they made more than $200 in the first week of school by bulk-buying candy and chocolate bars, then selling them at a profit.
The thriving underground trade doesn't just rely on word of month, Weeman said. Along with business cards, they have a Facebook page on the social networking website listing available products.
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Is this entrepreneurial spirit or should they be shut down?


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[karrie]

I think schools should have to have healthy options on their menu, and I can see them deciding that they will no longer sell junk food. But, forbidding a legal product to such an extent that they would come down on kids for selling it out of their lockers? Give me a break.

 

[Hyack]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Ahhh.....Moscrop Secondary ...my old alma mater....

 

[Risus]

I think schools should have to have healthy options on their menu, and I can see them deciding that they will no longer sell junk food. But, forbidding a legal product to such an extent that they would come down on kids for selling it out of their lockers? Give me a break.

Seems a bit extreme to me, too!