I remember that this was "all the rage" for the JWs as far back as the 1950s and 1960s. WT served HOT breakfasts, lunches plus dinners with utensils and napkins included with every meal. Then later were the foodstuffs (FROZEN puddings, hoagies, SHASTA sodas, cheese danishes, ice cream floats, hamburgers, and oh sooo much more) that a majority FONDLY remembers--until 1995, when that arrangement was KILLED by the incoming GB2.0. So. as a result, the membership along with invited outside visitors had to: B.Y.O.G. it [Bring. Your. Own. Grub.].
Again (and I'll comment ad nauseam), I believe IMPHO that WT wants to see people INCONVENIENCED! Funds and finances-- FRICKIN' PHOOEY! This cultporation almost noticed that lots of attendees were sleeping after these DELISH meals and couldn't stay awake long enough to get SUBLIMINALLY INFLUENCED via the rhetorical propaganda they spew out regularly!
[I'm done now. . . . .until next time!😁]