Local and state officials deciding whether Chiquita should
keep $22 million in incentives if it moves its headquarters from
One of those promises – donating salad bars to
Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools – was never fulfilled, though apparently that’s
not Chiquita’s fault.
When Charlotte was mulling
extraordinary incentives to entice Chiquita from Cincinnati
Council members asked Morgan what made Chiquita deserve
special treatment. Among other things, Morgan said:
“The company has committed to Gov. (Bev) Perdue that it will
bring to Charlotte a program that is launched in
Cincinnati
Later, council member David Howard asked again about
Chiquita being a good corporate citizen. Again, according to the session
minutes, Morgan referred to the salads program.
“They are the leading (corporation) trying to help fight
childhood obesity, not just at their presence in Cincinnati Charlotte
Later, then-council member Patrick Cannon asked again about
Chiquita’s record contributing to community. Again, Morgan cited the Salads in
Schools program, among other things.
Nearly three years later, Chiquita has started no Salads in
Schools program in Charlotte
A CMS spokeswoman tells me: “Due to health department
regulations of food safety, sanitation and monitoring, we declined the offer
from Chiquita to have 15 salad bars in our schools.”
So the health department is nixing healthy food for kids?
That’s odd. Maybe the health department in Cincinnati
-- Taylor Batten
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6 comments:
Hire a private company to operate the cafeterias in each school, imagine the jobs it would create in the communities.
Ettolrahc,
Why would private industry create more jobs than the school system? If anything, private industry would only hire the minimum needed.
Great editorial. No doubt soft drink companies have strong lobbies.
So, Allen, you think that the school system should hire more than is needed at the taxpayers' expense? Figures.
Lets see, is this the same co that was fined for getting in bed with narco terrorists? Why of course it is. But the best part is that the hack Perdue is the gift that keeps on giving and now the liberals in the heath department have turned down healthy salad bars..
You can't make this garbage up.
Why did you delete the comment pointing out that Chamber President Bob Morgan is a serial liar (he was the Chamber's primary pimp for the "Decade Of Progress" arena bundle swindle)? Afraid leaving such comments up might affect donations to your wife's private school, Taylor?
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