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[Shorty82]

I thought that Sodexo (for some reason, they dropped the h in their name) was owned by Marriott, and thus actually owned by Pepsico. I could be completely mistaken on this though.

I don't know about it being owned by Pepsico but I believe you are right about the other part. I know that at my old uni food service was run by Sodexo-Marriott.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

Back in the day (pre-Eisner) the Inn Between (CM cafeteria) was good and cheap. My favorite: the Tuna Melt. Get an entire lunch for about $3.00. As a mom of small children, the best part was I didn't have to cook it or clean it up, and there were no small children playing under the table.

At the high school where I work, there is NO cafeteria (budget cuts, anyone?) My friend and I usually drive like a maniac :driver: to Burger King to get food, bring it back to my classroom and devour it, all in 25 minutes. Then the kids come in and say "It smells like French fries in here!" True dat, kids!

So I miss the good ol' days at DLR.

[BRWombat]

Re: "Scare-amark"... I've eaten at many, many Aramark-run food establishments, mainly college cafeterias and sports stadiums (stadia?), and I've learned this: the quality of the food is directly proportional to the budget they're given.

At a smaller college with low-budget food service, the food was just barely edible. (I remember being able to track food through several meals -- like one day we'd have corn on the cob, the next day we'd have kernel corn, the next day creamed corn, and the next morning corn fritters! :eek :) At a larger school which charged more for meal plans, the food was actually really good.

So it's not Aramark as much as how much the host entity sets them up. I suspect that they could run really great CM food service -- but at a much higher cost to the CMs.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

The story goes that when Eisner took over, he walked into the Inn Between, saw the low prices on the menu board and said, "What are we running here, a soup kitchen?" Shortly after, all the prices went up. Most people started bringing their lunch after that.

I think I was making $3.40 an hour at the time. Circa 1985. Shortly after the Strike. CMs were not happy. Apparently it all went downhill after that.

[Doctor McKey]

I wounder what would happen if all the CM's decided to get the union thugs about Aramark... I mean its half a Disney Pay Check for a slice of Pizza.. I mean come one!!

[Ho-say]

The story goes that when Eisner took over, he walked into the Inn Between, saw the low prices on the menu board and said, "What are we running here, a soup kitchen?" Shortly after, all the prices went up. Most people started bringing their lunch after that.

The ironic part of that, is that soup kitchens offer free hot meals. ;)

[techie-13]

I remember being able to track food through several meals -- like one day we'd have corn on the cob, the next day we'd have kernel corn, the next day creamed corn, and the next morning corn fritters!

I think they had the old managers from our food service at the convention center. The stagehands in for an event used to joke about the chicken in the client supplied crew meals the same way. It was really bad when they were seeing chicken served in different forms over the course of a 7 day event. The new chef and managers actually care about producing something they like having their names associated with even though it's still the same company.

[hobie16]

There was a story about a nuclear physicist who lived in a rooming house. he suspected the food was being used over and over again so he brought some low level radioactive material home and secretly sprinkled some on his leftovers.

The night he brought a giger counter home, scanned the food and got a reading. He moved out the next day.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

My college roommate and I wrote a song about the food in the dorm. A few of the verses:

Food...
that you refuse on Sunday
will return again on Monday
and will haunt you 'til it's gone!

I sure hope that I'm still living
to go home for next Thanksgiving
so I can once again taste food!

[hobie16]

My college roommate and I wrote a song about the food in the dorm. A few of the verses:

Food...
that you refuse on Sunday
will return again on Monday
and will haunt you 'til it's gone!

I sure hope that I'm still living
to go home for next Thanksgiving
so I can once again taste food!

Very good!