Region. Council's catering bills

A Freedom of Information investigation by The Daily Telegraph has revealed that since January last year, Parramatta City Council, which only buys free-range chicken and eggs and refuses to use cling wrap, has spent $106,075 or an average $1262 per meeting. It uses three caterers, including one gold licence caterer from Crows Nest, Amory Catering, which is also the caterer of choice for Bankstown, The Hills, Pittwater, Strathfield and Auburn councils. Parramatta has a policy that leftovers from dinners go to disadvantaged groups, the paper said. Blacktown spends a lavish $1440 per meeting, about $61,000 each year, on caterers to serve roast dinners. The council with the lowest bill, Campbelltown, prepares its own meals, usually sausages, with soft drinks.