^^^ Offhand, I am pushed to think of anyone who does any job for any reason other than the money(!)
I don't fly on European LoCos that often, maybe once or twice a year, and I never have an issue with what's being offered for sale. The hot bacon sandwich I had once on an Easy Jet flight was perfectly acceptable and reasonably cheap as I recall.
Flights within Asia on SQ, SIN - CGK (1.5 hours) I can live without the meal, long haul in Business Class, well, I really want freshly panfried foie gras on a bed a caramalised apples in a port sauce, followed by steak flambe, followed by crepes Suzette, prefereably flambed in Cointreau, personally flambed at the seat by the cabin crew. Accompanied by a few glasses of vintage Dom, and a 1977 Petrus.
Or I could surf on over to the SQ website and "book the cook", which means I can choose my main meal ahead of the flight. Eliminates that agonising "chicken or beef, sir?" decision.