Building Blocks for Healthy Kids - Nutrition Education Curriculum
Sodexo
1.
2. Sodexo serves 80 countries
across the globe, employing
420,000 people and serving
75 million customers every
day
3. Women make up 54% of the Sodexo
workplace and the company won
the 2012 Catalyst Award, which
rewards business strategies that
advance women
in the workplace
4. Sodexo was listed in
Fortune Magazine’s
2012 list of “Most
Admired Companies”
5. Sodexo donates excess food to the Food Bank of the
Rockies (approx. 700 pounds of food per month). It
promotes healthy eating through its Simply To Go; In
Season; and Balance, Mind, Body and Soul programs.
Sodexo’s Stop Hunger and Helping Hands campaigns also
fight against hunger working with local organizations
6. Currently Sodexo purchases
produce from 7 growers in
Colorado, locally processed
milk from Robinson Dairy, and other food
products from local processors, such as Sparboe
Farms, Ready Foods, Mountain States Rosen, and
others.
7. “I think it’s preYy chill the way it is,” says
one year employee, Max Kampmann
8. Sodexo provides reusable
utensils and dishes,
biodegradable straws, and
napkins made from 100%
recycled materials. Styrofoam
and plastic take-‐‑out bags are
banned from every location
on campus. Composting is
participated in by Sodexo in
each dining hall, and
recycling is made easily
available to all students. Each
dining hall is trayless to
reduce the amount of water
used in washing dishes.
9. Every employee said
that their favorite
part of their job was
working with the
people that they get
to work with
10. Sodexo provides
comment cards in
its dining facilities and
also a comment section on
the website to try to best
meet student needs/wants
11. Sodexo tries to
provide convenient
services for the
students including an
18% discount when
using FLEX, an
eating location open
until 11pm Monday
through Thursday
(Sidelines Pub), and
coffee available at
nearly every location
on campus
12. Vegans and Vegetarians are
accommodated as well, with a
vegetarian/vegan section in
both dining halls, vegetarian
options at the Nagel dining hall,
and 19 vegan meals provided
each week.
13. Students can enjoy
creating their own
meal in Nagel Hall
choosing from
Mexican food at Salsa
Rico, Asian fusion
food at Ibis, grilled
chicken and various
sides at the Rotisserie,
or pizza and calzones
at La Vincita
14.
Sodexo was founded in 1966 by
Pierre Bellon in Marseilles, France
15. Sodexo’s food service rests
on commitments to three
things: health, community,
and planet. They try to work
with the students to stay
true to these commitments.
16. Sodexo mission:
“By protecting and
improving our
environment, the
communities where we
do business and the
students we serve,
Sodexo makes every day
a be;er day and every
tomorrow a be;er
tomorrow”