Possibly, but you don't have to earn big bucks to not be eligible for free school dinners for your kids. On relatively low income, and two kids @ £1.80 a day (that is the cost here I think) - you will need to be finding £36 a week (£144 a month+) so whilst it is quite obviously not equivalent to a nutritionally balanced hot meal - it is little wonder so many kids are packed off with beef paste sandwiches, crisps and a kitkat.