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Sodexo lands major hospital contract

Deal with Cleveland Clinic adds major healthcare client to portfolio.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

August 13, 2015

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The Cleveland Clinic has engaged Sodexo to operate onsite dining services at its main campus and adjacent children’s hospital, reports Crain’s Cleveland Business. Aramark will continue to service the Clinic’s eight regional hospitals and Florida operations.

The main Cleveland Clinic hospital is licensed for 1,267 beds, making it one of the 20 largest hospitals in the nation by that metric. The facility has five independently operated cafes as well as a number of smaller retail outlets.

Sodexo also operates onsite dining at Cleveland’s other major hospital facility, the 1,032-licensed bed University Hospitals Case Medical Center.

The contract at the Cleveland Clinic is scheduled to commence on October 17, 2015 according to Crain’s.

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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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