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CABARRUS COUNTY NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY RECOMMENTATION FOR THE 1992-93 FOOD SERVICE CONTRACT Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. is currently our food service contractor and their service performance and food preparation is excellent. Their kitchen facilities are "state of the art" with modern up-to-date equipment. They are a large corporation providing vending and catering services in this area and the southeast. The quality food prepared by 4-C's is outstanding and completely satisfies the requirements of the contract and the participants in the nutrition program. ServiceMaster Food Management was our food contractor for the 1990-91 fiscal year. We had consistent problems receiving adequate food to satisfy portion requirements of the contract. On many occasions the milk received was sour and juices eliminated entirely. In addition, complete food items would be forgotten and delivered later which created severe problems in serving meals at the scheduled times. ServiceMaster was aware of these problems, but made little effort to rectify them. To date, ServiceMaster has procured contracts for Stanly, Rowan, Iredell and Union counties for the coming year. They will be mandated to prepare and deliver approximately 850 meals per day to the nutrition sites. In the fall when school starts again, they will have to prepare an additional 850 meals per day for the college students. We do not feel they have either the facilities or the equipment to undertake this massive amount of food preparation and maintain the high standards we are currently receiving from 4-C's. Our participation declined during the year ServiceMaster was our contractor which resulted in 2,500 meals short for the contract. Participation has increased during the past year and our grant funds depend on the participation of our older adults. Ail of our site managers are unanimous in requesting 4-C's remain our contractor (see attached notes), as well as many of our participants. Although 4-C's bid was high, we cannot ignore the opinions of the people who receive the food. The difference in the bids is substantial, but drawing from past experiences with both food contractors, we feel the Nutrition Program will be severely affected if ServiceMaster resumes providing service. The cost of drop-outs in the program will far exceed the difference in the contract.