Litany of concerns raised before school lunch suppliers won contract

Litany of concerns raised before school lunch suppliers won contract
Burned lunches were received at some schools last week. (Image: NZME)
Cécile Meier
Government officials raised concerns about Compass and Libelle after hearing the companies were shortlisted to provide the revamped school lunch programme in September. An email from Ministry of Education staff sent to its operations and integration leader Sean Teddy, along with previous memos detailing a litany of performance issues for both companies, was released under the Official Information Act (OIA) to Health Coalition Aotearoa. Compass and Libelle are the only businesses out of 156 suppliers to last year’s school lunch p...

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