Exclusive Melbourne girls’ school bans UberEats after delivery drivers found on school grounds

AN exclusive Melbourne girls’ school has banned its cashed-up students from ordering UberEATS after delivery drivers were found wandering the school grounds looking for students.

FOOD delivery service ­UberEATS has been banned from an exclusive girls’ school after delivery drivers were found wandering the school grounds looking for hungry students.

Cashed-up students at Canterbury Girls Secondary College have shunned the trusty canteen and have begun ordering their lunches via the popular food delivery company.

The emerging trend has prompted the state school to ban students having food delivered to the school gates.

Assistant principal Jim Ouliaris cited safety concerns in a memo alerting students and parents to the ban.

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Burger and chips from Salt Meats Cheese from UberEATS.

Visitors are required to undergo vigorous identification and safety checks before entering school grounds.

“We have had a number of UberEATS providers walk through school looking for students,” he wrote.

“All contractors or businesses must meet a number of legal requirements.

“We cannot have unaccompanied individuals walking through the school looking for your daughters.

“Please support us in this.”

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Principal Dr Mary Cannon said UberEATS orders create more work for staff.

“If the deliveries are to the office, it causes additional workload for office staff in finding students,” she told the Herald Sun.

“In addition, there is the potential of food safety issues, particularly if the food delivered is hot food.”

The Herald Sun understands students from other Melbourne schools have turned to similar order apps to cure their lunchtime cravings.

A Department of Education spokesman said it was up to individual schools to determine whether or not students can order their pad thai or pizza, salad or sandwich with the mobile app.
“Policies on students using food delivery services such as UberEATS are made at a local level by individual schools in consultation with their communities,” he said.

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