Graphic 2: Food Service Contracting
Graphic 3: Districts With New Food Services Contracts
Flint Community Schools |
Camden-Frontier Schools |
Novi Community Schools |
Alanson Public Schools |
West Bloomfield School District |
Bridgman Public School District |
Richmond Community Schools |
Benzie County Central Schools |
Schoolcraft Community Schools |
Negaunee Public Schools |
Ishpeming School District No.1 |
Bloomingdale Public Schools |
Pickford Public Schools |
Hart Public Schools |
Lincoln Park Public Schools |
Gladwin Community Schools |
After showing only slight increases in the past few years, more districts turned to food service management companies to operate school cafeterias than in any other year this survey has been conducted.
School officials mentioned that new federal regulations of school food selections might be reducing student participation. If students are not purchasing meals, it may strain a district’s projected food revenue, potentially creating a deficit. Districts may have responded by turning to private management firms to handle the food provision services to avoid taking this risk.
For example, Flint Community Schools began a new contract with SodexoMagic for food services. MLive reports that the contract is expected to save the district $5 million.[*]
Employee leasing agencies are being used in Bloomingdale, Bridgman, Lincoln Park, Pickford, Richmond and Schoolcraft to employ food service workers.
[*] Dominic Adams, “Flint Schools Outsources Food Service to Magic Johnson’s Company,” MLive.com, June 19, 2014, http://goo.gl/ WyuObc (accessed Oct. 20, 2014).