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PUBLIC TESTIMONY

Testimony by Barbara Hughes, Executive Director of City Beet Kitchens

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134 sec

Barbara Hughes, Executive Director of City Beet Kitchens, testifies about the challenges faced by small vendors in competing with larger catering companies for shelter food contracts. She emphasizes the importance of food quality and its impact on food waste in shelters.

  • City Beet Kitchens is a social enterprise that provides quality, diverse meals for shelter residents while also creating jobs
  • Hughes argues that using lowest-price catering options leads to poor food quality and increased food waste in shelters
  • She calls for prioritizing social enterprise caterers over for-profit contracts and for the city to pay nonprofit providers fairly and on time