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Sheriff urges renewal with Skillet Kitchen as jail meal prices rise under CPI clause
Summary
Sheriff’s staff recommended renewing the inmate food-service contract with Skillet Kitchen citing local capacity to serve the jail’s high population; the vendor proposed a price increase tied to a 6.1% index, raising per-meal costs from about $1.32 to roughly $1.43 beginning in November, and staff said the county spends roughly $19,000 per week on inmate meals with weekly totals used in budgeting.
Sheriff’s office staff recommended that Troup County continue using Skillet Kitchen to provide inmate meals, telling commissioners that the vendor’s local presence and capacity make it the preferable option for the county’s large jail population.
Presenters said the current contract rate is about $1.32 per meal and that Skillet Kitchen has proposed an…
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