A food service director at a school district near Chicago, Illinois was arrested for allegedly stealing over $1.5 million worth of food from the district, mostly chicken wings.
school district was arrested for stealing $1.5 million worth of food – mainly chicken wings – from the district during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to reports.on $150,000 bond, according to WGN-TV out of Chicago.
These super crispy oven baked chicken wings had 10,000 page views last Super Bowl Sunday, but any game day is an excellent excuse to whip up a batch. The television station reviewed court documents that showed over 11,000 cases of chicken wings were ordered and picked up in a district cargo van during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At that time, students were learning remotely, yet the district continued serving meals that parents could pick up. Anchor Bar introduced the nation to Buffalo wings in 1964. Their popularity has only spread over the decades, with Americans now consuming an estimated 27 billion wings per year, according to the National Chicken Council.
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