Provider of D.C. School Lunches Has Troubling Record

dcogcadmin | January 27, 2010

The D.C. Public Schools contracted with Chartwell-Thompsons School Dining Services in 2008 to provide lunches to the District’s schoolchildren under an option-year contract that could earn the company up to $140 million through 2013, but the Washington Times reports that food quality, safety and nutrition concerns have been raised repeatedly about the company.  The article also notes that a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the D.C. Public Schools to uncover more information about the nutritional content of the lunches had received no response more than a month after it was received.  Washington Times

The D.C. Public Schools contracted with Chartwell-Thompsons School Dining Services in 2008 to provide lunches to the District’s schoolchildren under an option-year contract that could earn the company up to $140 million through 2013, but the Washington Times reports that food quality, safety and nutrition concerns have been raised repeatedly about the company.  The article also notes that a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the D.C. Public Schools to uncover more information about the nutritional content of the lunches had received no response more than a month after it was received.  Washington Times