“Lunchables” (a brand of food and snacks, usually for children) has been compared to “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” or “MRE” (portable food for the military). “Lunchables are like MREs for kids. Only better” was posted on Twitter by Lectro Dub on May 22, 2010. “Lunchables are basically MREs for children” was posted on Twitter by CSHTactical pn April 10, 2011.
 
“Lunchables are MRE’s for kids” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on Septmeber 22, 2014.
   
“Lunchables are just American bento boxes,” “Lunchables are just charcuterie boards for kids” and “Charcuterie boards are just Lunchables for adults” are other sayings about Lunchables.
   
         
Wikipedia: Lunchables
Lunchables is a brand of food and snacks manufactured by Kraft Heinz and marketed under the Oscar Mayer brand in the US and Canada, and manufactured by Mondelēz and marketed under the Dairylea brand in the UK. They were initially introduced in 1988 in Seattle before being released nationally in 1989.
 
Wikipedia: Meal, Ready-to-Eat
The Meal, Ready-to-Eat – commonly known as the MRE – is a self-contained, individual field ration in lightweight packaging bought by the U.S. Department of Defense for its service members for use in combat or other field conditions where organized food facilities are not available. While MREs should be kept cool, they do not need to be refrigerated. MREs replaced the canned MCI, or Meal, Combat, Individual rations, in 1981, and is the intended successor to the lighter LRP ration developed by the United States Army for Special Forces and Ranger patrol units in Vietnam
   
Twitter
Lectro Dub
@Kujiiro
Lunchables are like MREs for kids. Only better.
10:06 PM - 22 May 2010
     
Twitter 
CSHTactical
@CSHTactical
Lunchables are basically MREs for children.
12:06 AM - 10 Apr 2011
   
Twitter
Jeremiah Zapata
@ZapataLogic
Lunchables are the child version of MRE’s
#Epiphany
6:37 PM - 20 Aug 2012
   
Twitter
poser
@WashGeorgington
Lunchables are just MRE’s for kids. #thinkaboutit
11:53 AM - 5 Oct 2012
 
Twitter
Ottvocado Toast
@KikuOtter
Lunchables are the kids’ version of MREs ._.
3:45 AM - 3 Feb 2013
 
Twitter
Nathan Phelps
@Nathan_Phelps
Lunchables are MREs for children.
2:17 PM - 22 Apr 2013
 
Twitter
Stuart P. Bentley
@stuartpb
Lunchables are just MREs, marketed toward kids, with worse packaging, and worse nutrition.
4:52 AM - 22 Jul 2013
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Lunchables are MRE’s for kids.
submitted September 22, 2014 by iGotPancake
         
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
A Lunchables is a child’s version of a MRE.
submitted January 8, 2015 by Seg_x
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Lunchables are like MRE’s for children.
submitted December 10, 2015 by InhumanThree1
   
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Lunchables are like kid MREs
submitted January 18, 2016 by Glennisawesome1220
All of it tastes nasty, but nutritious.
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
A Lunchable is basically a child’s version of a MRE.
submitted March 30, 2016 by shoopdahoop22
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Lunchables are the child version of MRE’s
submitted July 5, 2018 by BraceFaceTrace
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
MREs are just grown up Lunchables.
submitted July 21, 2018 by Rayymond102