School lunch provider Libelle Group has been placed into liquidation.
Photo: RNZ / Louise Ternouth
Libelle Group, a major provider of school lunches that went into liquidation this week, has agreed to sell its lunch operation to Compass Group NZ.
Compass had contracted with Libelle previously to deliver 125,000 meals a day as part of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme.
“The liquidators are pleased to have been able to reach an agreement with Compass that will see the continuity of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches programme,” said liquidator David Webb in a statement.
“We appreciate the combined efforts of the Compass and Libelle teams in continuing to provide school lunches with minimal disruption while we negotiated a…