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Beauregard Parish awards 2025–26 school food-service contracts; keeps Oak Farms milk supplier
Summary
The finance committee approved multiple annual cafeteria contracts — including bread, milk, frozen, produce, staples and paper goods — and staff reported a sole-source summer food-box arrangement with FORCOM and concerns about some beverage choices in last year’s boxes.
The Beauregard Parish School Board finance committee voted to award the district’s annual food-service contracts for the 2025–26 school year and heard updates about the summer food-box program.
Committee members approved awards across multiple categories, the district’s food-service staff said, recommending William George for bread and bakery, Oak Farms for milk, William George and LAMM for refrigerated and frozen items, William George for produce, a mix of William George, Lamb and Thorcon for staples, and William George and Economical for paper goods.
“These bids were opened on April 29,” Food Service staff member Miss Terry told the committee. “In your packet, I’ve included the breakdown for each bid that shows the price per unit and what the winning vendor’s price was.”
The nut graf: These routine contract awards set vendor relationships that supply district cafeterias for the coming school year and follow the district’s annual procurement cycle. Committee members approved each recommendation by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
Committee discussion and votes Committee members made and seconded motions to award each bid as the food-service director recommended; members responded to calls for the vote with “Aye,” and the motions carried. No member-level vote tallies were recorded in the minutes provided. The committee also heard a non-agenda update that the state granted a sole-source approval to use FORCOM for the district’s summer food boxes because last year’s contract extended through June 30; that sole-source arrangement removed the need for a competitive bid this year.
Summer boxes and nutrition concerns Miss Terry said the district will begin distributions with four trucks delivering initial boxes (about 1,680 boxes per truck, per her description) and that registrations opened via QR code, with more than 700 registrants within hours of the link going live. She told the committee she expected to gauge demand after the first two handouts and adjust truck counts as needed.
Board members and staff raised concerns about some items in last year’s boxes, especially beverage selections. “Don’t put that in there anymore,” Miss Terry said she told the vendor about novelty-flavored milks after receiving complaints; she said the vendor agreed to remove those lines. The committee clarified that the summer food service program operates under different state guidelines than the district’s regular breakfast and lunch program and that menus must meet those program rules.
Clarifying details and next steps Miss Terry said the district ordered close to 47,000 boxes last year and started this year with four trucks for the first deliveries. Registration will use QR codes produced in administrators’ emails; families who register receive a QR code that will be scanned weekly. Staff said they will monitor uptake and adjust quantities to limit waste.
Ending Committee members approved the recommended vendor awards and acknowledged the sole-source summer arrangement. Staff said they will continue registering families and monitoring summer-box demand before adjusting delivery counts.
