Good Record of Emergency Food Vans
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IN all, 16,000,000 meals were carried I to the people of Britain during 1942 by the fleet of emergency food vans presented to the country by Mr. Henry Ford and his • son. Schoolchildren form the chief customers of the Ford Emergency Food Vans. No fewer than 177 of the fleet Of 450 vans are daily employed on carrying hot meals to schools. Others -being supplied are agricultural workers, dockers, workers in small factories and demolition workers. This widespread service is made possible by the specially designed hot-food containers in which the meals are carried, They keep the food hot for a number of hours and thus give a wide operating range.
Many civic authorities use the vans for taking hot food to British Restaurants. Others have found them invaluable in extending the British Restaurant service. They are sent to streets at a distance from the restaurants, and housewives and others bring their own dishes for supplies, exactly in the same way as the vans operate in air raids The actual number of meals served ,
during, the year was 15,986,807. In providing this service the vans made 68,919 journeys and covered a total distance of over 900,000 miles, carrying an average of approximately 225 meals per journey.