Like WTF!? "Starving? You can't afford 'good' food working here, but you can afford the food you're already making!"
Also, I worked in a lot of kitchens before and never once paid for a meal. "Damn son, didn't mean to put cheese on that! Guess I'll have to make another one."
Never pay a company for your food if you're the one making it.
Many companies will make you pay for the food and if you steal it have you arrested. During my time working in fast food around one person per year got arrested for stealing food.
Dang, my manager was always more stoned than I was and would "accidentally" "burn" a pizza twice a day lmao