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Published on: 10/13/2004
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Not as poorly as you might imagine, says Alan Breslow, vice president of Somerset Industries, a company that supplies prison kitchens -- including that of Martha's latest home -- with their food.
Of course, there's a shortage of fine china, and the grub isn't cooked in copper pots.But as it turns out, there's a fairly wide variety of vegetables cooked up in institutional kitchens, as well as plenty of protein, some vegetarian options, even dessert.
Breslow should know.He and partner Jay Shrager supply nearly 700 correctional institutions or their caterers with the food needed to create three square meals and a snack at a cost of around $2 a day per inmate.Somerset purchases excess dry and frozen foodstuffs from national food companies at reasonable prices and is able to pass a lot of the savings on to the corrections system.
As Federal Prison Camp Alderson is currently a Somerset customer, Martha will likely eat food from Somerset warehouses.Breslow says the company's constant challenge is to offer a wide variety of wholesome foods, and through its packaging arm, ready-to-use items such as vegetable blends.
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