We are headed into playoff season in the NFL and thought that our listeners might be interested in how stadium foods, menus, and treats are developed. Chef Richard Grab, Director of Culinary Innovation for Sports + Entertainment, and Chef James Hennessey, Executive Chef for Lincoln Financial Field, are going to explain how our teams gear up for the season and then surprise and delight for playoffs. 

On the latest Mark This! Podcast, we spoke with Diane Pancoski, Vice President for Marketing and Innovation for Aramark Workplace Experience, and Betsy Rapport, Vice President of Marketing for Aramark Refreshments.  

Listen now, as they share their expertise on how Aramark Workplace Experience Group is using insights and analysis to understand and engage with consumers heading back to the office.

Aramark Collegiate Hospitality has a brand-new program—Eat to Excel. Eat to Excel is a performance-based dining platform designed to help student athletes reach for their potential on and off the field. Created with Division II and III athletes in mind, Eat to ExcelTM provides an educational, menu and nutrition tracking solution on campuses that do not have dedicated training tables for student athletes. 

Aramark serves people the world-over – it’s what we do well and we are committed to providing meals to folks from all walks of life. But if you’ve ever eaten at a professional sports stadium and a campus dining hall and a workplace cafeteria or in a number of other places, you know that the food that is served varies greatly. What you may not know is that each industry has standards and regulations that govern what can be served. In this episode, we speak with two of our lines of business that provide food in highly regulated industries: Aramark Student Nutrition and Aramark Correctional Services. 

Allergen solutions: this ever-growing need is a key focus for Aramark’s lines of business. Because we prioritize safety, we continue to develop and deploy new ways to strengthen allergen awareness and management in our kitchens. Our approach is designed to give our people the information and tools they need to deliver safe food while also affirming that our allergen solutions stations meet the highest industry standards. 

Fenimore Fisher, Vice President for DEI, started at Aramark in 2021 and has had immediate and significant impact on not just the company, but also each Aramark community member he has interacted with. This episode explores not only why DEI is important to Aramark but also why it should be important to all. 

Mark This! Explores Aramark’s Healthcare+ community — a group that moves beyond business to true care. Healthcare+ espouses a philosophy that makes a tangible difference in patient healing, recovery, and satisfaction. Our guests, Bart Kaericher, President of Aramark Healthcare+, and Jeff Moreland, CEO of P.E.A. or Patient Engagement Advisors, are working together to change the way patient care is delivered. 

It is officially summer vacation season, and that means that our teams across the United States are gearing up to provide the perfect balance of the familiar and the unexpected to make your destination hospitality experience unforgettable. In this episode, Mark This! explores our Destinations business, which provides activities, experiences, and places to stay within some of America’s greatest national parks and protected lands.

Mark This! explores the hard food service work behind the country’s favorite pastime. Aramark Sports + Entertainment is the award-winning partner of 10 MLB stadiums, and for the 2023 MLB season, Aramark Sports + Entertainment introduced a variety of brand-new ballpark-menu offerings and chef collaborations across its portfolio of clients in addition to launching "Seasons Inning Stretch," a limited-time food and beverage program that will introduce new seasonally inspired culinary options in the spring, summer, and fall

Mark This! has a one-on-one conversation with Jami Leveen, Vice President for Community Partnerships, exploring community relations at Aramark. In her daily life, she oversees strategic partnerships with nonprofits, year-round volunteer opportunities, and charitable contributions. Our 10th annual day of service also known as Aramark Building Community Day, is scheduled for April 27, near the end of National Volunteer Month.