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Cranston senior services details program cuts, revenue shifts after catering contract ended
Summary
Senior Services director told the Finance Committee that the department stopped outside catering last January after analysis showed the city lost money on large-scale meal delivery; department will focus on in-house services and grant funding.
Cranston—s senior services director outlined revenue and expenditure shifts to the Finance Committee on April 12, saying the department stopped outside catering last January after a city analysis showed delivering meals for other communities had been losing money.
Steve Craddock, director of the senior center, told the committee the center once delivered meals to 16 communities and produced about 5,000 meals a week but found the program—s costs…
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