Originally Posted by diburning

Does ORD-SLC get the sad boxes?

I'm sitting at an unused gate at ORD, and the next gate over is a flight boarding to LGA. They announced that because the plane was swapped at the last minute, it wasn't double catered out of LGA, and since this isn't a catered station, there will be no snacks on board.

ORD-SLC is clearly long enough to get a meal, so does it get double catered with sad boxes, or was the gate agent mistaken? DL has a sizable operation here at ORD, so I'd be surprised if they really don't have catering here.