Athena5: I thought vegetarian meals were regarded as special meals.
It's perfectly acceptable to offer a meal with no meat to anyone who's not asked for a special meal. If you need a meal with no meat, you can ask for a special meal accordingly. But there's nothing special about a meal with no meat in itself - IIRC, the last times I flew VS there was always a generally=available meal option with no meat in it.
groundbum: I saw this at Chicago where there was a deli for the entire airbridge, you showed your boarding card and then made your own deli bag to carry onboard. Works for cold food,so extend it for hot food.
If the quality's anything like the stuff in the deli bags that are sitting around at the top of the jetway for you to pick up and carry on yourself, I'm going early to eat at the airport, thanks.