A school lunch example at Otahuhu College. File photo
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Liquidators taking financial control of the failed school lunch programme say it owes money to multiple suppliers and to its 500 staff – but wages will be paid in the interim.
It was the latest in a string of problems that has plagued the government’s revamped lunch programme.
The minister in charge David Seymour previously said leveraging private sector expertise for the scheme would serve up tax payer saving of $130 million a year.
But since its launch, there had been complaints about food quality, plastic in meals, late or no delivery, and dangerously hot meals.
A Food Safety investigation is also currently underway.
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