Harper claimed the food was "junk, absolute junk. I tried to get the media food commentators of the day interested, but none of them would help me because they were all kind of bought off in some way, they were in the pockets of the corporations. I got a reply from Bernard Levin – he agreed with me but wouldn't go public about it".
Harper described the food as "junk, absolute junk." He tried to engage media food commentators but was unsuccessful due to their potential influence from corporate interests. However, Bernard Levin agreed with Harper's assessment but declined to make it public.