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usually company expenses that pays for these meals, unless one is very wealthy nobody in the right sane mind will fork out so much money from his/her own pocket for a meal 
in one of the ex-company where I worked, our very street savvy boss usually encourages us to go have monthly lunch get together with a $30 per head budget and a dept of over 30 people one meal can easily run over $1000, this bill is then later claimed against entertainment expenses
And usually after such a meal there is noticebily less friction and people cooperate more during work. A simple gesture like that can vastly improve productivity, not what many bosses will think of or care to go to such lengths to improve productivity.
now that's what I call smart team management.
in one of the ex-company where I worked, our very street savvy boss usually encourages us to go have monthly lunch get together with a $30 per head budget and a dept of over 30 people one meal can easily run over $1000, this bill is then later claimed against entertainment expenses
And usually after such a meal there is noticebily less friction and people cooperate more during work. A simple gesture like that can vastly improve productivity, not what many bosses will think of or care to go to such lengths to improve productivity.
now that's what I call smart team management.