District highlights 1.9 million meals served; board renews food-service management contract with Southwest Food Service Excellence
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Summary
Southwest Food Service Excellence and district kitchen staff reviewed equipment investments, student engagement events and meal-service metrics; trustees approved a contract renewal for the management company by unanimous vote.
Representatives from Southwest Food Service Excellence (SFE) — general manager Bridal Iglesias, district chef Houston Lindsey and Javier Romero — presented the food-service annual report at the June 16 board meeting. They highlighted new kitchen equipment purchases across campuses (pass-through warmers, coolers, dishwashers and serving lines), student engagement events (roving chefs, farmers-market demonstrations, Flavor Fest and themed meal days), and the district’s second year of universal meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner at no cost for students in some programs).
SFE reported that as of May the food service program had served more than 1,900,000 meals and that federal reimbursements totaled about $7.4 million for the year. The presenters said new equipment purchases were funded from the program’s fund balance and credited district support for enabling those purchases. Trustees praised the student-facing activities and cited positive feedback from campuses.
Separately, administration brought forward Item 13A to renew the district’s Food Service Management Company contract with Southwest Food Service Excellence LLC under RFP 2206. Amy Childress said the current contract allows four annual renewals and the district was on its third renewal. Trustee Horfeld moved to approve the renewal; Becky Chavez seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
The renewal authorizes SFE to continue as the district’s food-service management contractor for the next contract period under the terms of the existing RFP renewals; the record shows the motion passed unanimously.
