Consortium led by global catering giant wins school lunch contract worth at least $85m a year

Consortium led by global catering giant wins school lunch contract worth at least $85m a year
Associate Education Minister David Seymour announced further cuts to the school lunch programme today.
Cécile Meier
A consortium led by global catering giant Compass Group has won a contract worth at least $85m annually to deliver free school lunches to at least 150,000 students.The consortium, which includes Libelle and Gilmours, will deliver lunches or ingredients to schools at $3 a pop, down from up to $8.69 under the current model. Schools opting to cook the food in their own kitchen will receive an extra $1 per student to cover staffing costs.Compass and Libelle's past performance issuesCompass and Libelle are the only businesses out of 156 supplier...

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