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Impact of rising food prices on city agencies
0:27:50
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Kate MacKenzie discusses how rising food prices are affecting city agencies that provide meals to their clients.
- Explains that agencies are committed to maintaining menu items despite price increases
- Mentions the need to explore alternative solutions, including temporary menu changes
- Highlights that food contracts cover not only food prices but also logistics, labor, and delivery costs
- Provides an example of the schools' office of food and nutrition services updating their food distribution contract
- Emphasizes agencies' commitment to maintaining nutritional requirements and meal quality
Kate MacKenzie
0:27:50
So to turn back just very briefly to the rising the impacts of rising food prices, my office has been in very close touch with city agencies to assess the impact on meals served to their clients.
0:28:02
While agencies are committed to maintaining their menu items, these rising food prices especially for eggs require staff to explore alternative solutions including temporarily removing items from the menu if needed.
0:28:17
Agencies food contracts account for more than food prices.
0:28:21
They also cover the logistics, the labor, and the meal delivery and food delivery costs, all of which have risen and put pressure on existing contracts.
0:28:30
For example, following negotiations with its distributor, the school's office of food and nutrition services approved an updated food distribution contract that accounted for delivery markup to account for rising costs.
0:28:45
That said, the agencies are committed to serving meals that consistently meet nutritional requirements and are very closely monitoring this evolving situation to maintain the quality of meals being served.