Missouri Food Service Workers Lose Jobs After Contract Ends

A food service company has notified Missouri state regulators that there has been a sudden mass layoff of workers after they lost a contract with a school district.

I received a bulletin from the Missouri Jobs site today that they had received a WARN notice from Chartwells which provided food service for the Parkway School District in Chesterfield.

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The notice sent to the state of Missouri says 93 workers are impacted and their job loss happened effective June 30, 2026 and July 17, 2026. Here's a statement given to the state about why this mass layoff has happened:

"Chartwells was just notified that its food service management contract with Parkway School District (“School District”) will not be renewed for the upcoming academic year. As a result, affected employees assigned to this location have experienced or will experience an employment loss."

They go on to provide additional details which indicates this layoff is not expected to be temporary:

"At this time, Chartwells expects this action to be permanent. No bumping rights exist under any collective bargaining agreement. The estimated number of affected employees is 93."

As this is a developing story, it will be updated if any additional details are provided by the Parkway School District or from Chartwells.