Want to be responsible for feeding everyone who goes to the Olympics? That's not just the millions of visitors, but also all the athletes from all the different countries who all have their own very special diet requirements in preparation for perhaps the biggest day in their entire lives. How is that for pressure?!
This segment of the Hospitality industry, also sometimes called contract or institutional food services, manages the food services for schools, colleges, hospitals, sporting venues, and other kinds of businesses all over the world. If you eat your lunch in the school cafeteria, you probably see employees of managed food services companies every day of the school year! For example, ARAMARK, a managed food services company, serves over 350 million nutritious meals a year just to school children in the United States and Canada.
Compass Group, the largest company in this segment, has more than 400,000 employees worldwide, providing managed food services in 90 different countries.
Managed food services companies provide all of the food-related services to their customers so that these customers can focus their efforts on running their core businesses and not have to worry about the cafeteria, corporate dining room, and other food-related operations. The types of businesses that regularly use managed food services include colleges and universities, healthcare organizations, parks and resorts, sports and entertainment venues, school districts, and conference and convention centers. |