Thanks to Kobe Beef Surplus, School Lunches in Japan Are Getting a Serious Upgrade

If you think back for a second, what were the best meals you ever had in a school cafeteria?.Rest assured that kids in almost all of Japan's prefectures will have slightly better memories of their school meals.Their hard plastic trays are being filled with Kobe beef. Yeah, that Kobe beef.The upgraded cafeteria choices are a result of the pandemic.With fine dining down, Kobe beef suppliers have been left with major surpluses of their prime product.Japan's central government decided that it would cover the costs of buying the ultra-prime beef to serve in schools.Suddenly, getting that extra scoop of mashed potatoes doesn't seem like much of a bonus anymore