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Sodexo presents school-meal results; Hendry County School Board delays contract decision after procurement protest notice
Summary
Sodexo gave a data-driven presentation on rising meal participation and a strengthened child nutrition fund balance and proposed wage increases and program investments; the board postponed awarding the food-service contract after another bidder filed a notice of intent to protest.
Sodexo representatives presented results and a contract proposal to the Hendry County School Board and described rising meal participation, investments in kitchen equipment and a proposed guaranteed surplus, but the board postponed any contract award after receiving a notice of intent to protest.
Ron Dillon, director of business development for Sodexo, told trustees the district’s meal participation has increased since the company began its contract and said the child nutrition fund balance had grown from about $400,000 to roughly $4.5 million over several years. “We literally have to spend that money…in…
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