LIVERMORE FALLS — The food service contractor for the former Regional School Unit 36 system believes that working with staff members on school nutrition training and creating an efficient work force helped the system become self-sustaining.
By working with the staff and creating appealing meals it increased participation in the program, company owner Michael Sanborn said.
That led to bringing in more money from the federal government for the district over the past five or six years, Sanborn said Friday.
Several years ago, the program was running in the red. The debt was paid off and the school system contracted with Sanborn’s Maine School Food Systems and Services out of Wayne to provide meal service .
Since then the district has been holding its own and bringing in extra revenue, Sanborn said.
Increasing participation in the program increases federal funds that come to the district for the program.
In 2010-11, the district’s food service program brought in about $12,000 in profit.
“We finished in the black. Overall the district’s revenue exceeded their expenses,” Sanborn said.
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