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100

In which city did Aramark begin its Olympic food-service tradition at the 1968 Summer Games?

Mexico City

100

Aramark describes its business using two core service areas: food services and what other area?

Facilities management / facilities services

100

Which priority under Aramark’s People pillar focuses on promoting health, safety and fairness?

Wellbeing

200

What snack did Davre Davidson stock in vending machines at the start of the business in 1936?

Peanuts

200

Which Aramark Correctional Services program has more than 20,000 graduates and awards scholarships?

IN2WORK

200

Be Well Do Well is organized around People, Planet and which third pillar?

Principles

300

What did ARA stand for when the company formed in 1959?

Automatic Retailers of America Require all four words

300

Which Aramark facility monitoring technology has delivered $3M+ in client cost savings?

AIWX

300

What are the three priorities under the Planet pillar?

Waste, Climate and Circularity

400

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

400

In 2026, Aramark earned a Leave No Trace Gold Standard designation at which national park?

Yosemite

400

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