Mark This!

In this episode of Mark This!, we explore Aramark Destinations’ innovative SEAR Project, a six-month leadership development program designed to accelerate growth for high-potential talent while solving real business challenges. David DiSalvo, Nirav Shah, and Jordan Glazier from the Destinations team joined the podcast to highlight SEAR’s unique approach blending on-the-job experience, coaching, and formal training. Beyond measurable business impact—such as improved financial tools, inventory dashboards, and training programs—the program fostered confidence, exposure to leadership, and lasting professional networks.

This episode of Mark This highlights Aramark’s continued and unwavering commitment to safety as a core value driving hospitality and operations. It explores how safety shapes leadership across sectors, the role of accountability in building a culture of care, and the impact of initiatives like Target Zero and digital innovations. The conversation also covers the SAFE Leadership Conference, its unique approach to engaging teams and field safety leaders and how these efforts translate into better guest experiences and a stronger safety strategy for the future.

In this episode of Mark This, host Heather Dotchel welcomes Nicole McVaugh, Director of Aramark’s IN2WORK program, to celebrate its 20th anniversary and discuss its evolution. IN2WORK provides vocational training and nationally recognized certifications to justice-impacted individuals, preparing them for post-release employment in food service and warehousing. Nicole highlights impressive milestones, including nearly 20,000 graduates, over $280,000 in scholarships, and the launch of new initiatives like diversion programs and a culinary track. The episode also introduces the redesigned website, IN2WORK.org, which offers post-release resources and support through a dedicated workforce team, reinforcing Aramark’s commitment to fair chance employment and successful reentry.

Can compliance be cool and innovative?  At Aramark, the answer is yes.  In this episode of Mark This, we learn about how Aramark’s culture of trust and laser focus on the field sets its compliance program – and Aramark – apart.

In December of 2024, we introduced Aramark’s Hospitality IQ platform and explored the role of generative and conversational AI and its ability to enhance the guest experience, empower its operators, and further drive client business objectives. In this episode, we are going to update our current status with tech innovation in general, but we also dive a bit deeper into these and other up and coming capabilities with Peter Czimback and Kate Balliet for Aramark Emerge!

With another football season just about to open, Mark This! thought it would be interesting to explore the data science behind the fan experience in Aramark’s Sports+Entertainment division, the award-winning food and beverage provider at more than 60 premier stadiums, arenas, and sports facilities across North America.

Aramark Destinations is leading the development of a new Historic Preservation Center (HPC), centrally located to support renovation projects at Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon North Rim and other public lands. As a first-of-its-kind facility in the National Park Service concessioner space, this 4,000-square-foot facility, equipped with advanced carpentry tools, serves as a hub to train carpenters, painters, masonry experts, and historians.

Nation’s Vacation by Aramark is a collection of activities, experiences, and places to stay within some of America’s greatest National Parks and protected lands. The mission is to inspire unforgettable and authentic experiences that reflect the culture that surrounds these once-in-a-lifetime places. This episode explores three great white water rafting adventures: Mad River in Wyoming, Adventures on the Gorge in West Virginia, and Wilderness River Adventures in Arizona.

For more than a decade, Aramark employees give back to their local communities by committing to a day of volunteering on the company’s global day of service, Aramark Building Community Day (ABC Day). This year is no different for most of the enterprise. But there is a special relationship in Texas that is celebrating a 10-year milestone of working together to help the community – Aramark and Buckner. 

Aramark Collegiate Hospitality prides itself on its exceptional listening skills, utilizing a wide array of tools to stay attuned to the unique needs of each campus they serve. Whether through surveys, student dining committees, text conversations, contact forms, or various other methods, our dedicated teams on campus genuinely value and meticulously analyze every piece of feedback. This commitment to listening is exemplified by our prestigious Council of Student Advisors, which not only gathers valuable insights but also supports student success by providing professional development and networking opportunities for its members.