The $3 lunch lady Jane Beecroft is back, bringing cheap meals to Dunedin with her food truck Krishna Kai. Photo: Peter McIntoshThe force behind the university’s famed $3 lunches is heading back to the campus with another cut-price meal deal. But after a few years in hibernation, the 67-year-old Hare Krishna devotee is back with a food truck called Krishna Kai that aims to provide cheap meals across Dunedin. There was a real need for cheap meals across Dunedin, but the food truck would also offer a community for people, including international students far from home. The food truck would start serving food today at Yogiji’s Food Mart in Leith St — close to the University of Otago for students to access its cheap food.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 17, 2026 16:02 UTC