” Cheney wanted to set up Halliburton to make big money. Remember the lousy food scandal.”
The food concession would be a drop in the bucket for Halliburton. And American GIs have bitched about the food since George Washington was leading them.
You are right, the food was only a small part of the $39 billion that Halliburton made as the go-to source for Iraq 2 work. See below for a lot of interesting details as well as how Cheney profited.
https://www.quora.com/How-much-money-did-Dick-Cheney-make-from-the-wars-in-Iraq-and-Afghanistan