Dozens of schools are losing their canteens – some with just 24 hours notice – as the fallout from a school lunch makers liquidation spreads.
Libelle, which provides about 125,000 meals a day for the government’s revamped school lunch programme, went bust on Tuesday.
Liquidators and the main contractor Compass have stepped into make sure lunches are still being delivered — including flying in heat-and-eat-meals from Australia.
The liquidator Deloitte initially said it was looking at ways to continue the Libelle Group’s other operations around RSE workers, canteens and boarding houses.
More than 60 schools with Libelle-run canteens have been told they will cease trading – some at close of business on Friday.
One school is planning to run…
