ARAMARK in the News



Val Carter, Corporate responsibility and training director, Aramark, shares her business secrets.

Around 200 volunteers will be coming together tomorrow (24 June) to take part in ARAMARK's third national 'Give & Gain' day.

One of the world's largest catering companies, ARAMARK, played host to food manufacturers from across Scotland at the Scottish Food and Drink Federations[1] Suppliers Forum on Tuesday 7 June.

ARAMARK UK, the award-winning managed food service company, has achieved recognition at the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards for the 13th year running.

ARAMARK ranks No. 1 in all leadership criteria

ARAMARK, a world leader in providing professional services, has once again been ranked No. 1 in its industry on FORTUNE magazine’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies” for 2011. This marks the fourth consecutive year in which ARAMARK has been named industry champion in the Diversified Outsourcing Services category. The company has placed among the top-three in this category each year since 1998.

With 75 years of experience, ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world.

“We are honored to once again be recognized as the Most Admired company in our industry,” said Joseph Neubauer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ARAMARK. “This achievement demonstrates ARAMARK’s ability to deliver outstanding capabilities in professional services to our clients and customers, while providing the highest levels of service excellence and integrity.”

FORTUNE’s Diversified Outsourcing Services category analyzes businesses that offer a range of value-added professional services. ARAMARK earned a No. 1 ranking in all nine key criteria by which companies are evaluated, including:

• Innovation
• People management
• Use of corporate assets
• Social responsibility
• Quality management
• Financial soundness
• Long-term investment
• Quality of product/services
• Global competitiveness

This recognition is one of many that ARAMARK has received during the past year, including being named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by the Ethisphere Institute; being named for the sixth consecutive year to the Global Outsourcing 100, which recognizes companies that provide the best service worldwide; and being listed as one of America’s largest private companies by both Forbes and FORTUNE magazines.

FORTUNE’s study of World’s Most Admired Companies is conducted annually by The Hay Group, a global consulting firm. The study surveys over 15,000 top executives, directors and financial analysts to identify companies with the strongest reputations among the Fortune 1000, non-U.S. companies in the FORTUNE Global 500, and top foreign companies operating in the United States.

ARAMARK has announced that it has switched all of its supplies of shell eggs to free-range, without passing any extra costs on to its clients.

Caterer ARAMARK has revealed that it has converted its supplies of shell eggs to free-range, with no extra costs.

Six of Northfield Academy's hospitality students are, with support from food service company ARAMARK, cooking for HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and celebrity chefs 'the Hairy Bikers' at London's Clarence House today (27 January).

Renza Vermeulen, ARAMARK's healthcare dietician for the Epsom and St Helier Trust, recently visited the Victor Seymour Infants' School to show children the importance of good nutrition, and how to prepare an interesting and tasty lunch.

Parents are learning how to prepare healthier meals for their children in cookery sessions run by a catering company in seven Sure Start children's centres across the country.

The 'Buy British' message will be in full flow during British Food Fortnight, which celebrates the abundance of home grown produce that can bring benefits to caterers who support it.

ARAMARK chefs have launched a series of cookery courses for parents at Sure Start centres in deprived areas of major cities including London, Manchester and Liverpool.

The food service partner ARAMARK is supporting British Food Fortnight (BFF) by helping 50 schools to push British local sourcing up the consumer agenda.

An Aberdeen community centre has had a makeover thanks to ARAMARK.

Business in the Community (BITC) has launched the Employee Volunteering Check Up with input from ARAMARK and other firms...

ARAMARK's Chief Executive, Andrew Main, is named in the Caterersearch.com 100, the definitive guide to the top players in the UK hospitality industry whose actions are having the greatest impact in 2010.

ARAMARK's Matt Flood, Purchasing Liaison and Pricing Controller, named an Acorn Award Winner 2010.

International facilities management company ARAMARK has been named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute.

Contract catering giant ARAMARK has won a new five-year defence contract worth over £19.5m at two Gloucestershire military sites.

Contract caterers ARAMARK and hotel group Rezidor are among the new entries on a list of the most ethical businesses in the world according to international think-tank the Ethisphere Institute.

Food management company ARAMARK has won a 10 year extension contract with AEGON, one of the world's largest providers of pensions, life insurance and investment products.

Contract caterer ARAMARK’s Healthcare division has been awarded a £50m contract to provide food and cleaning services at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in Beckenham.

ARAMARK has raised a staggering £85,000 for Children in Need (and this is still rising), smashing last year's total by over £13,000.

Never has it been more important to implement a strategy that ‘gives back’ to the workforce and helps motivate during the current market conditions. As a committed award winning company, ARAMARK understands just how important its employees are, explains Val Carter.

ARAMARK has joined forces with life and pensions company AEGON to provide a healthy start to the day for primary school pupils.

ARAMARK has announced two education contracts with the University of Salford in Manchester and Motherwell College in Glasgow.

ARAMARK, the contract catering and facilities company, has announced that it is the major sponsorship of British Food Fortnight (BFF) until 2014.

ARAMARK has launched a new voluntary benefits scheme targeted at frontline staff.

Award-winning contract caterer ARAMARK, has teamed-up with the Flora team to launch a one-month campaign entitled 'The Big Fat Truth', to raise awareness of the health risks associated with saturated fats.

Contract caterer ARAMARK has won the prestigious Healthy Choice Award for its eatery at the RAF Benson site in Oxfordshire.

Contract caterer ARAMARK is continuing to reward responsible business practice, by launching its first ever Corporate Responsibility award for suppliers.

The top performing site among ARAMARK’s 700 in the UK has just been announced after a year-long corporate responsibility challenge to the workforce. David Foad visits Southampton Solent University to find out the secret of their success.

ARAMARK has installed a total of four water pumps and a food garden in Lesotho in February, as part of its comprehensive corporate responsibility campaign - Cost Sector Caterer writes

Contract caterer ARAMARK has held an event to help its customers become more health conscious.
Employees at CSL, an Executive Agency of Defra, were invited to take part in the 'FLORA Healthy Heart Day' last week.

Marcus Wareing talks to Stockpot magazine and comments on his new relationship with ARAMARK.

Healthy eaters might not normally consider an offshore oil platform as one of the best places for food but a new award has proved that catering in the North Sea can be some of the best in Scotland.

An oil platform off the coast of Aberdeen has been named as one of the healthiest places to eat in Scotland.

Nexen Inc.'s Scott Platform, which employs 170 workers, has become the first offshore site in Scotland to receive the healthyliving award, in recognition of the low-fat, low-salt foods which make up more than half of the onboard restaurant's menu. Unlike every other restaurant in Scotland which holds the healthyliving award, the ARAMARK team faces the unique challenge of providing the only fresh meals available to workers.

Nexen’s Scott platform has become the first offshore site in Scotland to receive a healthyliving award in recognition of the low-fat, low-salt foods which make up more than half of its restaurant menu. Food on Nexen’s rig is produced by catering company ARAMARK, which employs 13 staff to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for the platform’s 170 shift workers.

Carbon reduction is a journey, not a one-off endeavour - changing to a low-carbon strategy needs the commitment of a company’s entire workforce, writes Andrew Charlesworth. Val Carter, ARAMARK's CR Director, explains the initiatives she has put in place with the company employees.

This award looked for training interventions that have significantly benefited a business or organisation, particularly if the trainers involved developed new approaches. The shortlist is revealed.

Mr Wareing was speaking after signing a deal with ARAMARK, the contract caterer, that will see him work with ten chefs from the American group's UK business dining division.

ARAMARK has joined forces with renowned chef Marcus Wareing to train its staff to the same standard as his own two Michelin-starred restaurant in London.

Contract caterer, ARAMARK, has signed a development partnership with Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing.

Not only is this a great opportunity for the student, this is an important experience for Scottish chef, Bruce Harper, who is visiting the States for the first time.

Scottish ARAMARK chef, Bruce Harper, is one of 25 chefs to be selected for ARAMARK's International Guest Chef Program. Harper says giving UVa students a taste of the Scottish culture has made this experience very special.

A PARTY of 20 lucky students from Andover's Winton School enjoyed a taste of Army life when they were the special guests at a regimental dinner at MoD Andover - the new name for the old DLO base.

ARAMARK Limited has a passion for food that has resulted in success in numerous sectors, paricularly in the burgeoning offshore industry

The Agency welcomes progress made by caterers ARAMARK...following their commitment to help customers make healthier choices when eating at work...

When ARAMARK took over the catering and facilities management contract at BP North Sea’s new multi-million-pound HQ in Aberdeen 18 months ago, the brief was to make a seamless transition so as not to disrupt the day-to-day operations.

ARAMARK has signed a deal to operate the first standalone Wild Bean Café in the UK.

AN Elgin woman will help fuel gold-medal-winning performances at this year's Beijing Olympics. Offshore worker Lyndsay Collie will be part of the team providing food for thousands of athletes aiming for medals at the games.

Simon Harris, Business Development Director for ARAMARK's Education division discusses the challenges of feeding the next generation.

"Healthy eating and ethical food sourcing have long been growing in importance for schools, not least due to the Government's new nutritional standards…"

Qube talks to one of the leading contract caterers, ARAMARK, and takes a look at the evolution of its CSR policy - which is now emerging as one of the most 'inclusive' in the business...

Read the full story on pages 14 and 15.

After more than six months' work, ARAMARK is unveiling a Corporate Responsibility (CR) plan with the aim of involving all 12,000 employees across 700 contract sites. David Foad talks to CR Director Val Carter.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the first stages of its activity with workplace caterers to give people across the UK improved access to healthier meals while they are at work.

The vital role that employers play in improving the health of the nation and easing the burden on the NHS should be given much more recognition by the government, business leaders have said.

The National Training Awards celebrate businesses, organisations and individuals that achieve outstanding success through training and development.

Winners of the 2007 Food Industry Awards

The winners of the prestigious 2007 IGD Food Industry Awards have been announced at a ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

Read about ARAMARK’s award in full.

Staff at hospitality services provider ARAMARK has been provided with nutrition and lifestyle advice from a team of specialist nurses.