<div dir="auto"><div><div>My daughter was at university of maine and loved the food. It was outsourced and it was so terrible it made the news. We were paying for food service plan and she didnt use it. That is not an area that would save enough money to justify feeding kids inedible meals. Nutrition is so important </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Christine R Girard</b></div><div><div><b>Finance Manager</b></div><div><b>MSAD#51</b></div><div><b>PO Box 6 A</b></div><div><b>Cumberland, ME 04021</b></div><div><b>tel 207-829-4800 option 7</b></div><div><b>fax 207-829-4802</b></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 11:35 AM Sherry Moody <<a href="mailto:smoody@mcst8.org">smoody@mcst8.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Lisa,</div><div><br></div><div>I went to the TriState Conference in NH (part of Maine ASBO) last year and there were several vendors who provide food services for schools in New England. They told me that very few schools in Maine outsource food services but they were trying to get their "foot in the door" in Maine. Their focus was on southern Maine and they were looking for interested districts. I am sure you could find out easily who those vendors are that provide this service.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherry</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>----</div><div>Sherry Moody, Business Mgr</div><div>Mid-Coast School of Technology</div><div>1 Main Street</div><div>Rockland, ME 04841</div><div>(207) 594-2161</div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.mcst8.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.mcst8.org</a></font></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="https://www.google.com/a/mcst.tec.me.us/images/logo.gif" width="200" height="82"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM Lisa Harkin <<a href="mailto:lharkin@kitteryschools.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lharkin@kitteryschools.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,<br clear="all"></div><div>I was thinking summer might be a good time to try.</div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Lisa Harkin</div>
<div>Finance Manager</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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