Hospital Power Players: Cone Health

21. Cone Health, Greensboro, N.C.

Licensed Beds: 1,232*
Management: Sodexo
Dining Head: Christopher Van den Avont, director of nutritional services
Avg. Daily In-patient Census: 590
Avg. No. In-patient Meals/Day: 1,950**
No. of Retail Dining Outlets: 8
Total Annual Retail Sales: nr
Dining/Nutrition Services FTEs: nr

Patients at Annie Penn and Moses Cone Hospitals receive Expressly for You traditional patient meal service while Wesley Long Hospital and Women’s Hospital offer At Your Request room service (both are Sodexo-branded programs). At the Behavioral Hospital, the approach is community dining for patients.

The system maintains full cafeterias at Annie Penn Hospital, Cone Health Behavioral Hospital, The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Wesley Long Hospital and Women’s Hospital as well as a Jazzman’s Café at Moses Cone and Four Squares micro markets at Wesley Long and at Moses Cone for 24-hour meal availability. The retail dining offers Sodexo’s Mindful and Live Well wellness platforms and a five-week menu cycle.

The in-house dining operation also services daycare facilities at Annie Penn, Moses Cone and Wesley Long.

*Includes Annie Penn Hospital, The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Wesley Long Hospital and Women's Hospital

**Does not include meals to Penn Nursing Center, which is attached to Annie Penn Hospital.