Today we are going to take a look at the best way to deliver meals to housing units in correctional facilities. First, you’re going to want to ask yourself the following questions. How many inmates am I looking to serve, what is the distance the cart will be traveling to transport the meals and what is the budget for the meal delivery carts. Let’s take a look at a few effective ways of transporting meals to segregated units in jails and prisons.

Insulated Cart Tray-Stacking

Load up your Cook’s Insulated Rhino Cart with Marathon Trays and deliver meals to inmates safely to inmates. Insulated trays stacked inside of our Rhino Carts are perfect for delivering foods to inmates in a timely manner. For institutions where the food takes longer to deliver, a heated cart might be the better option.

Non-Insulated Cart Tray-Stacking

Another method of tray delivery is with the use of insulated trays in a non-insulated cart. This is an effective method of meal delivery for smaller facilities and is the least expensive method. Since the trays are insulted, the cart does not have to be insulated as well to deliver meals close by. Cook’s has a variety of heavy-duty tray delivery carts that securely hold our insulted trays.

Flatbed Cart Tray-Stacking

For a lighter delivery, a flatbed cart can be a great meal delivery option. Our Cook’s Brand FBC-4 flatbed cart holds up to 4 stacks of insulated trays. This is perfect for smaller and shorter distance deliveries.

Heated Cart Tray-Stacking

Heated Delivery Carts are perfect for larger facilities, where the housing units are at a distance from the kitchen. These carts are perfect for keeping foods at temperature. Typically, these carts are used to serve an all-hot meal or can also be used to serve cold meals in the same cart when the heater is switched off. Our Cooks Brand heated carts come in various sizes and can hold up to 120 insulated trays at a time.

Tray Stack Carrier

To transport small amounts of trays, the use of a tray stack carrier is perfect. Cook’s has a wide variety of tray stack carriers that fit various types of trays.

Cook’s Correctional offers a wide variety of correctional products, if you have any questions regarding the purchase of new equipment, feel free to contact one of our sales specialists. We are happy to assist you with any questions you may have.