Sejong-si to Directly Manage Public Meal Delivery Starting Next Year

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City will directly manage the delivery of the Public Meal Support Center starting from the new school term next year.

The city announced on the 28th that it will secure and operate 40 leased direct delivery vehicles for food ingredients to reduce delivery service costs and ensure a stable supply of food ingredients for the Public Meal Support Center.

Until now, since the opening of the Public Meal Support Center in October 2020, the city has contracted with service providers to operate over 70 refrigerated and frozen vehicles.

However, due to increased delivery service costs and rising demand for early morning deliveries, the contract conditions with the companies became difficult, leading to the decision to convert and operate some vehicles as direct management (leased method).

Accordingly, the city plans to sequentially receive 40 units of 1-ton refrigerated and frozen box trucks by the end of February next year. Currently, three vehicles have been delivered this month, and vehicle design wrapping work is underway.

Direct management offers the advantage of stabilizing the logistics system through the optimization of direct routes. Additionally, it enables job creation, so the city expects to achieve both improved delivery service quality and budget savings.

Delivery personnel will be trained as elite delivery workers through customer satisfaction (CS) and other service education at the Sejong Senior Center, and Sejong Local Food Co., Ltd., which has signed a logistics office agency contract, will be responsible for actual hiring.

The main task is public meal delivery, delivering food ingredients to 2 to 3 schools and kindergartens near the new urban area, completing deliveries between 6 a.m. and before 9 a.m. Workers will be guaranteed benefits including enrollment in the four major social insurances and an income of around 1 million KRW per month.

Applications for support can be made from January 1 to 15 next year on the Sejong Local Food Co., Ltd. recruitment website. Qualifications require holding a Class 1 regular driver's license and the ability to drive a 1-ton refrigerated box truck.

A city official said, “To stabilize the Sejong-type public meal system, we decided to secure and operate direct management vehicles starting next year,” adding, “We will strive to improve the quality of delivery services.”

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