Metropolitan Foods Inc
City-funded organization
Metropolitan Foods Inc, operating as Driscoll Foods, is an independent family-owned foodservice distributor headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey, founded in 1971, that distributes fresh produce, meats, seafood, dairy, and grocery staples across the Northeast; it holds $4.1 million in active NYC Department of Education contracts as of August 2026 to distribute food to school kitchens across the five boroughs, and a 2022 NYC Comptroller audit found approximately $9.39 million in overbilling on a pandemic-era food distribution contract.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $4,070,875 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $737,576,718 · 25 since 2018, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $539,477,797
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $736,794,058 · 13 contracts
- Based in
- Westbelt Wayne, NJ (out of state)
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Scratch Cooking Ingredients Department of Education · MA104020269675205 $4,070,875
- Food Service Distribution Department of Education · MA104020239376830 · ended 2026 $220,088,513
- Food Service Distribution Department of Education · MA104020239377010 · ended 2026 $178,270,654
- Addl funds/time-COVID19 Food Reserve Emergency Distribution Department of Social Services · CT106920211402673 · ended 2022 $90,975,987
- Food Service Distribution Department of Education · MA104020229276501 · ended 2022 $51,729,516
- Food Service Distribution. Department of Education · MA104020219176836 · ended 2021 $49,559,194
- Food Service Distribution Department of Education · MA104020229276502 · ended 2022 $47,268,910
- Food Service Distribution. Department of Education · MA104020219176835 · ended 2021 $44,984,588
- Food Services Distribution Department of Education · MA104020209078905 · ended 2020 $27,166,531
- Food Services Distribution Department of Education · MA104020209078908 · ended 2020 $19,334,834