Hospital Power Players: Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

22. Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wis.

Licensed Beds: 1,213
Management: Self-operated
Foodservice Head: Jerome Boundy, director of food & nutrition services
Avg. Daily In-patient Census: 550
Avg. No. of In-patient Meals/Day: 1,500
No. of Retail Dining Outlets: 3
Total Annual Retail Sales: $4 million
Dining/Nutrition Services FTEs: 135

Aurora St. Luke’s is moving from traditional trayline to room service this fall and also adding a full-service Starbucks licensed store in its current coffee shop location this winter.

The dining operation also supplies two smaller offsite cafes at an adjacent office building and at a conference center, where it also manages catering. It also operates the offsite Corporate Café where the menu includes made-to-order salads and sandwiches, soups, coffee, breakfast items and grab and go.