Detroit school board to consider replacing food service provider
Source: Jennifer Mrozowski, The Detroit News, Saturday, May 3, 2008
The Detroit Public Schools board on Thursday will consider a recommendation to boot the private company that has run its food services operation since 2001, a move being championed by some parents and cafeteria workers who have criticized the Philadelphia-based firm.
A school board subcommittee voted 3-0 on Thursday to recommend giving Aramark Educational Services LLC a 60-day termination notice as of July 1, said school board President Carla Scott.
......... Criticism of the $40 million food services operation has ramped up in recent months, with some union groups and parents holding rallies at the district's headquarters calling for termination of the contract. A union group earlier this year released a study claiming that Aramark mismanaged the district's cafeterias and kept more than $1 million in savings that should have been returned to the system.