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In which city did Aramark begin its Olympic food-service tradition at the 1968 Summer Games?
Mexico City.
Aramark describes its business using two core service areas: food services and what other area?
Facilities management / facilities services.
Which priority under Aramark’s People pillar focuses on promoting health, safety and fairness?
Wellbeing.
What snack did Davre Davidson stock in vending machines at the start of the business in 1936?
Peanuts.
What is the name of Aramark’s global procurement and supply chain business launched in September 2024?
Avendra International.
Be Well. Do Well. is organized around People, Planet and which third pillar?
Principles.
What did ARA stand for when the company formed in 1959?
Automatic Retailers of America. Require all four words.
A client has separate facilities vendors at every site, inconsistent service standards and no clear view of total costs. Beyond combining vendors, what two changes would Aramark’s integrated facilities management model bring to this client?
One organization-wide system for managing facilities services across locations, plus consolidated visibility into each site’s service quality, costs and risk through one accountable service provider.
What are the three priorities under the Planet pillar?
Waste, Climate and Circularity.
Which food service company did ARA acquire in 1961, and which university was that company’s main client?
Slater System, Inc., and the University of Pennsylvania.
A client wants to keep running its own operation but needs Aramark to take over both purchasing and stock management. Which supply chain service model on Aramark’s website best matches that need?
Purchasing and Inventory Managed Services.
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Managed procurement and inventory services
A site replaces disposable service ware with reusable items and redesigns how they are returned. Which Planet priority does this most directly support, and what three actions define that priority?
Circularity. The three actions are replacement, reuse and redesign.