Sodexo selected to provide food service for public universities

The state Board of Regents have chosen a food service provider that will serve all of its college campuses.  Sodexo was chosen by the Board of Regents from three vendors who submitted proposals to be the system-wide food service provider.

The move to a single food service provider for the entire public university system was the result of a recommendation from the Senate Bill 55 Task Force. The SB-55 Task Force was a state-appointed task force that studied operations and functions of the public university system over the past year. Each of the public universities previously negotiated its own food service contract with a vendor of its choice.

Regents Executive Director and CEO Brian Maher said that a single service provider should deliver a direct savings that they can pass on to their students through their meal plans.  

Final details of the contract are to be negotiated by March 1st and Sodexo will begin service to the campuses this summer.