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Levy County school board approves switch to Ben E. Keith as food distributor
Summary
The Levy County School Board voted to approve a contract with Ben E. Keith to replace the district's current group-purchasing distributor, citing greater product flexibility and closer warehouse access; the board approved signatures and a 90‑day exit notice to the Power Buying Group and a planned delivery start in August.
A district nutrition staff member identified in the meeting as Julia told the Levy County School Board the district will switch its main food distributor to Ben E. Keith and asked the board to authorize signatures on the contract and a 90‑day exit notice to the district's current group purchasing arrangement. The board moved, seconded and voted in favor of the request.
Julia said the district has been purchasing through a group purchasing organization (the Power Buying Group) and has relied on Sysco in the past, but that the group arrangement limited some products the district wants to offer. "The number one goal this year has been to secure food," she said, adding that some items…
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