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Los Alamos Daily Digest Friday, September 25, 2026

Ty's Take

The Lab's got a new food contractor, and that's worth noticing up here where LANL's decisions ripple through everything else. Wolf & Mermaid Enchanted Cafe, a local outfit, beat out the bigger vendors for the cafeteria and beverage services, which means money stays in Los Alamos County instead of flowing to some corporate operation in Albuquerque or beyond. On a plateau where the Lab is still the main economic engine and nearly every working family's paycheck traces back to that gate, keeping contracts local matters, especially when a small business gets the shot. The real question now is whether they can handle the scale of feeding thousands of employees a day while keeping the quality that made them worth picking in the first place.

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LANL Selects Los Alamos Small Business Wolf & Mermaid Enchanted Cafe As New Food And Beverage Contractor

Wolf & Mermaid Enchanted Cafe, a Los Alamos-based business co-owned by Scott Baird and Kate Kudynska, has been selected as the new food and beverage contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory. The contract to operate multiple LANL cafes and grab-and-go locations is expected to more than double...

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