SCHOOLS FARMING OUT CAFETERIAS; GUILFORD DECIDES TO PRIVATIZE ITS FOOD SERVICE AS ASHEBORO DID IN THE 1994-95 SCHOOL YEAR.(TRIAD/STATE)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: May 23, 2002| Author: Buchanan, Bruce | Copyright information

Byline: BRUCE BUCHANAN Staff Writer

ASHEBORO -- The first students file into the cafeteria at Asheboro's Loflin Elementary, and Shirley Smith takes her familiar post behind the cash register.

"When I started, we had one plate lunch, and that was it," said Smith, the school's cafeteria manager and a three-decade food-service employee. Now, Loflin students pick from multiple entrees, side dishes and snacks. Some even grab cold lunches sacked up in bags designed...

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