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DNC sues Park Service over Yosemite deal

Action alleges breach of contract over intangible properties.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

September 28, 2015

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Delaware North Companies (DNC) Parks & Resorts has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington D.C., seeking more than $10 million in damages from the National Park Service for breach of contract for its failure to require a competing concessionaire to purchase DNC's intangible properties when it won the Yosemite National Park concessions contract earlier this year, reports National Parks Traveler.

The properties in question include a customer database as well as the rights to trademarks to such place name brands as Ahwahnee, Badger Pass, Curry Village and Wawona Hotel.

The company that won the bid is Aramark subsidiary Yosemite Hospitality LLC.

DNC had originally valued the properties at $51 million but the Park Service in a prospectus for potential bidders put the value at $3.5 million, the Traveler reported.

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About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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