{"id":955558,"date":"2021-11-02T21:29:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955558"},"modified":"2021-11-02T21:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:29:25","slug":"ohio-school-districts-struggle-with-food-shortages-amid-supply-chain-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-school-districts-struggle-with-food-shortages-amid-supply-chain-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio School Districts Struggle With Food Shortages Amid Supply Chain Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohio-school-districts-struggle-with-food-shortages-amid-supply-chain-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two school districts in Ohio are struggling to supply school lunch programs for students amid shortages of workers and supply chain issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe costs have gone up quite substantially,\u201d Parma City School District food and nutrition supervisor Bob Gorman told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news5cleveland.com\/news\/education\/local-school-districts-struggle-with-food-supply-shortage\">ABC5 Cleveland<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve had shortages on many items from bread to cereal to certain chicken products.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne school may get a chicken patty, one may get chicken nuggets, one may get a chicken finger, one may get a hamburger that day. It\u2019s really been hit or miss menu-wise with what we\u2019re actually serving,\u201d Gorman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nearby Bedford City School District is also having difficulties. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1azUNkTWn-YSiRTMiEk8yWGaIVybtCbHj\/view\">letter<\/a> to the parents on Oct. 1, Bedford nutrition supervisor Jennifer Dickson said \u201cthe food shortage is beginning to really impact what we are going to be able to serve our children.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany hours are spent each week ordering and reordering to search for items to cover out of stock items with foods as close to the items listed on the menus as possible,\u201d Dickson said. \u201cEach week there are more and more items out of stock. Outages are trickling down through commodity items and now into many commercial products and even water and beverages. Paper products including serving trays, plastic ware, portion cups, Styrofoam bowls of any kind and even paper bags are becoming hard if not impossible to acquire.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will do our best to let you know when there will be major changes to the menu. Lastly, I would like to be able to tell you the worst of the shortage is over, however, we have a long, unpredictable road ahead. My staff and I will continue to work hard to keep the students fed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlanning the menus, I used to really enjoy it,\u201d Dickson added in an interview with ABC5. \u201cIt was fun. It\u2019s become really difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ohio-school-districts-food-shortage\">Fox News<\/a>, the number of meals served by the school district has more than doubled compared to 2020, up from around 20,000 to nearly 50,000. Part of the reason for this is the fact that the United States Department of Agriculture extended its free school breakfast and lunch program through the 2021-22 school year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs time goes by, the numbers [of meals distributed] are increasing,\u201d Dickson said, but \u201cOur staff is not increasing, unfortunately\u2026 we\u2019re using more and more [food]. It\u2019s definitely been a struggle.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Supply chain issues have severely hampered the production and distribution of food and beverages. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two school districts in Ohio are struggling to supply school lunch programs for students amid shortages of workers and supply chain issues.\u201cThe costs have gone up quite substantially,\u201d Parma City School District food and nutrition supervisor Bob Gorman told ABC5 Cleveland. \u201cWe\u2019ve had shortages on many items from bread to cereal to certain chicken products.\u201d\u00a0\u201cOne school may get a chicken patty, one may get chicken nuggets, one may get a chicken finger, one may get a hamburger that day. It\u2019s really been hit or miss menu-wise with what we\u2019re actually serving,\u201d Gorman said.\u00a0Nearby Bedford City School District is also having difficulties. In a letter to the parents on Oct. 1, Bedford nutrition supervisor Jennifer Dickson said \u201cthe food shortage is beginning to really impact what we are going to be able to serve our children.\u201d\u00a0\u201cMany hours are spent each week ordering and reordering to search for items to cover out of stock items with foods as close to the items listed on the menus as possible,\u201d Dickson said. \u201cEach week there are more and more items out of stock. Outages are trickling down through commodity items and now into many commercial products and even water and beverages. Paper products including serving trays, plastic ware, portion cups, Styrofoam bowls of any kind and even paper bags are becoming hard if not impossible to acquire.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe will do our best to let you know when there will be major changes to the menu. Lastly, I would like to be able to tell you the worst of the shortage is over, however, we have a long, unpredictable road ahead. My staff and I will continue to work hard to keep the students fed.\u201d\u00a0\u201cPlanning the menus, I used to really enjoy it,\u201d Dickson added in an interview with ABC5. \u201cIt was fun. It\u2019s become really difficult.\u201dAccording to Fox News, the number of meals served by the school district has more than doubled compared to 2020, up from around 20,000 to nearly 50,000. Part of the reason for this is the fact that the United States Department of Agriculture extended its free school breakfast and lunch program through the 2021-22 school year.\u00a0\u201cAs time goes by, the numbers [of meals distributed] are increasing,\u201d Dickson said, but \u201cOur staff is not increasing, unfortunately\u2026 we\u2019re using more and more [food]. It\u2019s definitely been a struggle.\u201d\u00a0Supply chain issues have severely hampered the production and distribution of food and beverages. The Daily Wire previously reported that supply chain problems forced companies like the Hershey Co. and Kimberly-Clark to cut back on advertising and marketing spending. Kimberly-Clark is also expected to raise prices for the second time this year. Beverage giant Coca-Cola is also dealing with supply chain issues, for which the company is expecting to see product shortages through 2022.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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