Food services company Aramark is lending a hand by swapping out its plastic food containers with compostable ones.
Not exact matches
This skyscraper is the home of
Aramark, the largest U.S. - based
food service company, with sales topping $ 15 billion.
Aramark has become a remarkable partner with The HSUS, and today, I am so pleased to announce that the
company itself has reached new heights when it comes to animal welfare — announcing a game - changing set of new policies to improve the lives of animals in its supply chain and setting the bar even higher for other corporate players in the world of
food service and retail.
Back in December I wrote an op - ed for the Houston Chronicle urging my school district to consider moving from the use of a
food service management
company (
Aramark) to operating its own school
food program.
That kind of investigative journalistic experience comes in very handy when taking on the explosive topic he addresses today: are big
food service management
companies (FSMC's) like Chartwells,
Aramark and Sodexo passing on to school districts — as required by law — the millions of dollars in rebates and «volume discounts» they receive from
food manufacturers like Kellogg's, Pepperidge Farm and others?
Those same two years also mark the debut of a new
food service management
company in the district,
Aramark, which took over from Chartwells.
However, our
food services management
company,
Aramark, insists that such
foods must be sold to keep the federal program afloat.
This is what you get, first of all, when you hire a giant
food service management
company like
Aramark to provide your school meals, as Houston does.
But those prior events felt a lot like window - dressing for
Aramark, the
food service management
company that used to run our school
food department, and I never left those meetings feeling particularly optimistic.
Finally, I have a question for Ed that's related to yours, Jenna, which is: can't I assume that if I have a ruthlessly efficient
food service management
company like
Aramark on board, someone like Kate Adamick isn't going to find many money - saving inefficiencies in my district?
(By the way, we also use a
food service management
company —
Aramark.)
Bruske questioned whether the volume discounts and rebates (called «kickbacks» by some) offered by these manufacturers to
food service management
companies (FSMCs) like
Aramark, Sodexo and Chartwells are being passed on — as required by federal law — to the school districts.
The USDA has said it plans for officials to start auditing the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs in August to investigate claims that
food -
service companies including Sodexo,
Aramark, and the Compass Group are