I find this quite interesting. I remember when the CE catering last changed there were some moans on here about the hot meals running out (for band 3 and 4 which get a hot ‘rest of the day’ meal) with only salads remaining.

Now it seems to be the opposite - very few salads loaded (I’ve seen this for myself) and I doubt those cold dishes with their couple of chunks of chicken or whatever are more costly to produce than, say, the chicken supreme in the quoted example.

i don’t think there’s a conspiracy here, I just think they haven’t got the numbers quite right, and with catering loaded at exactly 100% (as I understand it) it’s likely that some people will be disappointed.

They should just load a couple of extra meals on each flight - this would help a bit with ensuring choice remains and would also help to have a couple of spares for op-ups, same day changes etc.