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2. Has donated meals and labor to support Senior Center Rock- a -Thon fundraiser. <br />3. When utilized for other county or school system caterings, charges same rate as Lunch <br />Plus program. <br />o Generally, Aramark utilizes offender labor to keep costs low in the preparation of senior <br />meals and/ or cleaning. This effort is part of their IN2WORK program, which provides food <br />service training and practical work experience for offenders, generally tied to re -entry <br />programming. It is unknown if this program will be utilized for the Lunch Plus Program. <br />■ Aramark's Credit Proposal <br />• Versus Stanly County — Stanly County receives $1,000 per month from Aramark for use of <br />its county jail kitchen to prepare meals for Meals on Wheels program: <br />http: / /insidestanly.com / ?p =3315 <br />• Versus Fair Market Value — Though there is a broad range for rental rates per square foot, <br />Aramark's proposal of $500 per month is significantly lower. <br />■ References <br />• Punchy's: Current vendor for program, the county is satisfied with vendor performance. <br />In addition participants generally receive larger portions than required by the nutritional <br />standards specified in the contract. <br />• Aramark: Four references were checked and the responses were generally unfavorable. <br />Aramark Correctional Services <br />Reference Check <br />Lee County Department of Aging <br />Reference #1 <br />• Has been using them +/- 6 years. <br />• Relationship is getting better with a new manager. Nutrition Coordinator almost quit her job <br />because of all of the "headaches" before they changed managers. <br />• Serious problems with both quality and quantity. <br />• They had a lot of substitutions. And they refused to follow state policy and submit a <br />substitution form prior to delivering the meal — we didn't know until the meal was delivered. <br />• They have always had issues with the quality of food (taste bland, not attractive, cut corners, <br />etc.) <br />• Appears more food was going in the trash cans than was being eaten. <br />• Senior services picks up the food and delivers it to the nutrition sites. Did not do a good job <br />coordinating food delivery. <br />Lee County Department of Aging <br />Attachment number 1 <br />G -2 Page 155 <br />