Cost

 I noticed in the news.....Boston has a migrant shelter and they worked up a no-compete contract on food for the migrants.  The deal?  The state pays $16 for breakfast, $17 for lunch and $31 for dinner.

I pondered over this.

They won't say the quantity involved...so you can only guess that it's in the 2,000 range of people.

So about $120,000 per day being spent.

I tried to imagine how this would 'normally' work.

You prep-up a breakfast bag.  Cheapo orange juice container.  Cheapo milk container.  No-name pastry.  A banana.  A muffin.  Box of rasins.  Profit on the bag?  Minimum of $5.

You prep-up the lunch bag.  Can of Coke.  Bologna sandwich.  Bag of no-name chips.  A small jello contain.  An apple.  A no-name pudding cup.  Profit?  Minimum of $5.

Dinner bag?  Probably a two legs of chicken, Some kind of cake.  Apple juice.  A  pastry.  A  peanut-butter and jelly sandwich.  Profit?  $10.

Frankly, having been on the receiving line of this in my military years.....after a month, you give up on the free deal and look for something 'better'.  

The profit folks?  Take the money and at some appropriate time....exit with the cash and disappear.  Sooner or later....someone will ask stupid questions.